Empress Nightingale Insignia Ceremony Presented to Nurses who Achieved Achievement 14:48 on August 7
The ceremony for the Florence Nightingale insignia to be given to nurses who had excellent achievements was held in Tokyo on the 7th with the attendance of empresses and other female royalty.
The award ceremony held in Minato-ku, Tokyo was attended by female emperors, including Empress, who served as the Honorary President of the Japanese Red Cross Society, and Honorary Vice-President Akiko Shinki.
The Florence Nightingale insignia is presented every two years by the International Committee of the Red Cross to nurses with outstanding achievements in various countries around the world. It is the most in another.
This time, from the experience of home-visit nursing, the NPO corporation representative director, Masako Akiyama (69), who started a facility where cancer patients and their families can easily consult about treatment and life, was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Received the award from Kikuko Takeshita (69), former head of the Japanese Red Cross Society, who contributed greatly to the support of the hospital and the maintenance of disaster medical care.
At the award ceremony, two empresses attended for the first time as the Empress received a commemorative medal in the form of a portrait of the Nightingale.
On behalf of the recipient, Mr. Akiyama greeted, “I swear that I will continue to do my best to improve the quality of nursing and to nurture my juniors.” It was sent.