Brave nurse chosen for Florence Nightingale Award

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, July 25, 2019; A nurse  named Nimmi at the KS Hegde Hospital  who valiantly  saved Deeksha while she  was being  stabbed by Sushanth has already been awarded cash prize by the hospital. Now, has also been chosen for the  state level National Florence Nightingale Nurses Award 2019.

 

Stabbing case victim Deeksha recovering

The condition of Deeksha, the 22 year old woman who was repeatedly stabbed  by a youth at Bagambila near Derlakatte on June 28, has improved and she has been shifted to the ward from the ICU.

Sushanth(28) who had stabbed Deeksha multiple times    and had later slit his threat has already recovered and is  in judicial custody. Deeksha who is an MBA student in Karkala  though  was Sushanth’s friend, she had of late maintained a distance from the latter  resulting in the incident.

Doctors attending on her said the stabbing had caused injury to her respiratory tract, chest, stomach and left shoulder. The timely surgeries done at the KS Hegde  Charitable Hospital with the assistance and guidance of specialists from various departments has helped in saving her life. The hospital has also been generous enough to bear all her medical expenses.