She would press on determinedly and succeed in making necessary reforms.įlorence Nightingale in the Military Hospital at Scutari There were deliberate attempts to ignore or undermine her with some staff referring to her scornfully as 'the Bird', and Dr Hall, Inspector General of Hospitals, referring to her as a 'petticoat imperieuse'.
Throughout her time at Scutari, Nightingale would also fight a more personal battle as she encountered doctors and other support staff who refused to work with her. Many of the soldiers and medical staff were dying from infections and preventable causes rather than from battle wounds. Nightingale arrived in the Crimea, at the Scutari Barracks Hospital in 1854 and it became instantly clear that the conditions of the hospital were appalling due to poor sewage, poor nutrition, limited supplies and no hygiene. The Right Honourable Sir Harry Verney of Steeple Claydon (1801–1894), Bt, MP, DL, Captain First Grenadier Guardsįrederick Richard Say (1805–1868) Florence Nightingale MuseumĪfter many years of persistence, Nightingale would eventually achieve her ambition to work professionally in nursing, and a year after securing a role in Harley Street she was contacted by a friend and Secretary for the State of War, Sidney Herbert, to lead a government-sponsored group of nurses to the Crimean War in 1854.
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