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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Iorizzo

Museum launches campaign to acquire Florence Nightingale’s customised wheelchair

The Florence Nightingale Museum has launched a public campaign to obtain the wheelchair used by the nursing pioneer in her London home after her return from the Crimean War.

Nightingale used the customised mahogany and iron chair, with a red and tan floral brocade seat cover, in her Mayfair home as she fought through illness to transform healthcare and inspire generations of nurses across the world.

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