WHO pays tribute to Kerala nurse who died of Nipah
The World Health Organization has paid glowing tributes to Kerala's young nurse Lini Puthussery, who died of Nipah virus last month. Lini died on May 21 after being infected by a patient, whom she treated initially at the Perambra Taluk hospital, where she was a nurse. A 28-year-old mother of two young boys died at the Kozhikode Medical college hospital days after being infected.
Lini's heartbreaking letter to husband goes viral
The young nurse in a poignant letter, scribbled from her deathbed to her husband Sajeesh, had said 'I'm almost on the way. I don't think I can meet you again." The letter had evoked an emotional response from across the world. The Kerala Government has offered her husband a government job and financial assistance of Rs. 10 lakh each to her two sons.
WHO's Health Workforce Director remembers Lini in a tweet
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