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World Service,15 Apr 2005,26 mins

The Russian Florence Nightingale

Everywoman

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Vera Labadeva, the Red Cross nurse who treated survivors of the theatre siege in Moscow, and children injured during the Beslan school hostage crisis, talks about being a 'modern day Florence Nightingale.' Also on the programme: How the Spanish government have come to the rescue of over-worked women by passing a new law to ensure men do housework.

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