Nurse Jacintha Saldanha's funeral in Karnataka today
December 17, 2012  11:16
ANI: The body of Indian origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who was found dead following a hoax call to a London hospital, will be buried at Shirva town in coastal Karnataka today.

Family sources said, her body will be kept in Our Lady of the Health Church at Shirva in Udupi district for two hours for the public to pay homage before the funeral service there at 4pm.

The body of Jacintha arrived in Mangalore on Sunday afternoon.Jacintha's husband Benedict Barboza and her son Junal,16, and daughter Lisha,14, accompanied the coffin from London.Meanwhile, the parish priest in Shirva village said Jacintha Saldanha's funeral would take place here on Monday.

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