Room No 4 at KEM to be named after Aruna Shanbaug
June 01, 2015 16:57
Nurses at KEM hospital in Mumbai, today remembered their colleague Aruna Shanbaug, who passed away three weeks ago, on her birth anniversary with the hospital administration deciding to name Room No 4, where she stayed for 42 years, after her.
"We have decided to name Room No 4 after Aruna," KEM hospital dean Dr Avinash Supe told PTI. "The room will also be used for the public and staff," he added.
Shanbaug, a nurse at the hospital, existed comatose in the room after being subjected to a brutal sexual assault in 1973 by a ward boy, who tried to throttle her with a dog chain, leaving her in a permanently vegetative state. The hospital nurses fondly remembered Shanbaug and visited her room in the morning to offer tributes. They put flowers and cut a cake. Had she lived three weeks more, she would be celebrating her 68th birthday. A commemorative programme was also organised in the hospital auditorium by the nursing staff.
"We have decided to name Room No 4 after Aruna," KEM hospital dean Dr Avinash Supe told PTI. "The room will also be used for the public and staff," he added.
Shanbaug, a nurse at the hospital, existed comatose in the room after being subjected to a brutal sexual assault in 1973 by a ward boy, who tried to throttle her with a dog chain, leaving her in a permanently vegetative state. The hospital nurses fondly remembered Shanbaug and visited her room in the morning to offer tributes. They put flowers and cut a cake. Had she lived three weeks more, she would be celebrating her 68th birthday. A commemorative programme was also organised in the hospital auditorium by the nursing staff.
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