Govt job, Rs 20 lakh for kin of nurse who died treating Nipah Virus patients

May 23, 2018 11:16

The Kerala cabinet is set to offer a government job to the husband of the nurse who died treating Nipah Virus patients.

Lini Puthussery's two sons will get a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each. The Kerala government has also announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakhs to the kin of the other victims.

Nipah has so far claimed 10 people.

Lini, a nursing assistant with the Perambra Taluk Hospital in Kozhikode, Lini was exposed to the virus while treating affected patients. Her husband works in Bahrain.

Lini left a brief note in Malayalam for her husband Sajeesh minutes before she died on Monday. Read it here.

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