An Indian nurse flying to capital Delhi from the southern state of Kerala to receive recognition for her job saved the life of a fellow passenger on the flight. Geetha P was travelling to attend a ceremony honouring recipients of the Florence Nightingale Award for Nurses.

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Florence Nightingale, a British nurse and social reformer, is regarded as the founder of modern nursing. Revered as “The Lady with the Lamp”, she is credited with giving nursing a favourable reputation for tending to wounded soldiers at night.

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The show at the Florence Nightingale Museum within London's St Thomas' Hospital marks the bicentenary of Nightingale's birth into a wealthy family, and tells the story of how she fought her family's opposition and social constraints to become the world's most famous nurse.