Nightingale wards were named after Florence Nightingale, a pioneer of modern nursing.
The Odames Medical Library at the Leicester Royal Infirmary was once a Nightingale ward built in around 1907 after a generous donation of £6,000 from local benefactor Samuel Odames.
Nightingale wards were named after Florence Nightingale, a pioneer of modern nursing who advocated for such designs in her 1863 ‘Notes on Hospitals’. They were designed to facilitate easy observation and supervision of patients by nursing staff.
BBC Leicester’s Ben Jackson went for a look around to find out more about its history.
Produced by Pete Wardman.
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