Nurse at quake-hit hospital awarded by Red Cross

Nurse at quake-hit hospital awarded by Red Cross

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken May 14, 2013, shows Aiko Kin, deputy director and head nurse at the Ishinomaki Japanese Red Cross Hospital in Miyagi Prefecture, who was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross earlier in the year for her dedication to victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Kin was among 32 nurses from 16 countries to receive the medal, which honors "exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster."

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