30/03/2023
WHEN IS DOCTORS' DAY 2023?
Doctorsâ Day is celebrated annually on March 30. It is a day to celebrate doctors, surgeons and physicians.
March 30 being Doctorsâ Day, an annual observance aimed at appreciating physicians who help save our lives everywhere.
The holiday first started in 1933 in Winder, Georgia, and since then itâs been honored every year on March 30 which was the first anniversary of a doctor using ether anesthesia by Dr. Crawford W. Long.
Today we continue to celebrate medical advances like these and thank all doctors everywhere whoâve spent so much time and energy mastering their field of expertise.
Eudora Brown Almond, the wife of a doctor in Georgia, believed her husband and other physicians deserved more recognition for their hard work and set out to make this idea a reality. The first observed Doctorsâ Day occurred on March 30, 1933, exactly 91 years after Dr. Longâs remarkable discovery.
Almond mailed greeting cards to all local physicians and their wives, and she put flowers on the graves of deceased doctors, including Dr. Long. The flowers were red carnations, which would later become the representative flower for the national holiday. A few other local doctorsâ wives even assisted Almond in preparing a celebratory luncheon so their husbandsâ work in healthcare could be publicly appreciated.
The tradition of delivering greeting cards to physicians, both alive and dead, has continued throughout the years and is still a common way of celebrating this holiday today. The red carnation is also still popularly used to say âthank youâ to doctors for their work in medicine.
To all doctors surgeons and physicians specialising in the medical field - happy Doctor's Day 2023.
