Nurses of the KEM Hospital, Mumbai, fondly remembered their deceased colleague Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, on the occasion of her birthday on June 1, 2015. Shanbaug remained in coma for 42 years after sexual assault when she was 25 years and died at the hospital on May 18, 2015. Scores of nurses visited the tiny room no.4 in the hospital which was Shanbaug's home as she lay there for over 40 years, deserted by her family and relatives, but cared lovingly by the nurses of the hospital. The nurses put flowers, symbolically cut cake, and greeted one another.
Dr.Avinash Supe, the dean of the KEM Hospital, said, "Nurses have been remembering Aruna Shanbaug since morning. A commemorative program has been organized in the hospital auditorium later in the day by the nursing staff. We have also decided to rename the room No.4 after Aruna Shanbaug and continue giving care to patients there."
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Aruna Shanbaug was a nurse at the KEM hospital in Mumbai when she raped in 1973 and the attack left her comatose for 42 years. She died a few days ago.
The demand for renaming room no. 4 was made by the nursing staff shortly after Shanbaug's death. Later, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that the Thane Nursing Training College would also be renamed after Shanbaug.
Relatives and Nurses Jointly Perform Indian Nurse Aruna Shanbaug’s Last Rites
Nurses at KEM hospitals who took care of Shanbaug at the hospital and two relatives of Aruna Shanbaug would perform the last rites around 4pm on May 18.
Giving highlights about the biography, Purav said, "The book details the agony of Aruna's life in hospital, how the nurses tried to help her selflessly, how she was deserted by her family members, how her former fiance even applied a 'red tika' on her forehead four years after she lapsed into coma, but later succumbed to family pressures and refused to accept her as his wife."
Last week, a Mumbai journalist tracked down the current whereabouts of Sohanlal Valmiki, the former hospital contract sweeper who perpetrated the crime on Shanbaug 42 years ago shortly before she was proceeding on a leave to get married. Valmiki was traced to a small village in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh. According to the latest reports, following the discovery of a person of disrepute in their midst, the villagers now want Valmiki to leave the village.
Source: Medindia
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