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Which journalist reported on poor conditions in British military hospitals during the Crimean War?
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Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale at the Barrack Hospital in Scutari (Üsküdar), writing letters for wounded soldiers of the Crimean War, 1855.
The journalist who reported on the poor conditions in British military hospitals during the Crimean War was William Howard Russell, a British journalist for the London Times who is recognized as the first modern war correspondent.1
His reports exposed that soldiers were being treated by an incompetent medical establishment and lacked basic supplies, which sparked a public outcry and led the British government to request that Florence Nightingale lead a team of nurses to the Barrack Hospital in Scutari.1