Vasanti Nair in Surat
SURAT: For the past three decades, this ‘florence nightingale’ of Surat has been a pillar of support to the caregivers of New Civil Hospital. But when it came to the battle times with the pandemic, Vasanti Nair, head nurse at NCH showed her steely grit behind the starched uniform. Despite contacting Covid twice in the past one year, the ‘unputdownable’ 53-year-old returned to duty on Monday, two days before International Nurses Day.
Nair, a patient of thyroid and rheumatoid arthritis, has been on medication for many years now. She has, however, refused to to take a break till the coronavirus wave is controlled. Her daughter too suffered from Covid twice.