Emotional letter of Kerala nurse, who died treating Nipah virus patient, goes viral

A letter written by a Keralite nurse minutes before she died of the 'Nipah' virus has gone viral in the social media, leaving people teary-eyed.

Twenty eight-year-old Lini working in the Perambra Taluk Hospital in Kozhikode got exposed to the 'deadly' virus while treating affected patients. Photo: Twitter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A letter written by a Keralite nurse minutes before she died of the 'Nipah' virus has gone viral in the social media, leaving people teary-eyed. Twenty eight-year-old Lini working in the Perambra Taluk Hospital in Kozhikode got exposed to the 'deadly' virus while treating affected patients. She died on Monday. Lini leaves behind her husband who works in Bahrain and two sons aged five and two. In her letter to her husband Sajeesh, Lini expressed her pain and anguish that she could not see him again. "I am almost on the way. I do not think I can meet you," she had said. She had requested her husband to take care of their children and take them to the Gulf nation with him. Her relatives could not see even her body, however, they paid their last respects as they allowed the authorities to cremate the body to prevent the chance of spreading the virus. After coming to know of Lini's health, Sajeesh had come home two days ago.

A nurse who took care of a #NIPHAVirus patients & succumbed to same. Her body was cremated with extreme urgency to prevent any possible spread and even her family could not pay due respect. Respect to Lini &a reminder that healthcare workers take immense personal risk to serve us pic.twitter.com/4kzESu6j4J

— Dr. Deepu Sebin (@deepusebin) May 21, 2018

Nurse Lini died in our battle against the Nipah virus. She died trying to save patients infected by it. She was just 31 & was a mother of two little kids. If she is not a martyr, I don't know who is. pic.twitter.com/xF2rZrtuRv

— Sasidharan Pazhoor (@inquestioner) May 22, 2018

Brave Nurse Lini Puthussery of Perambra Taluk Hospital in Kozhikode, died on Monday at the age of 31, while trying to save patients infected with the deadly #NipahVirus. A true Martyr of this nation, Lini leaves behind two young kids. May her Soul rest in eternal peace. pic.twitter.com/dpzgnf82JD

— Syed Ahmad Afzāl (अफ़्ज़ाल) (@afzalistan) May 22, 2018

Nurse Lini died in our battle against the Nipah virus. She died trying to save patients infected by it. She was just 31 & was a mother of two little kids. If she is not a martyr, I don't know who is. pic.twitter.com/xF2rZrtuRv

— Sasidharan Pazhoor (@inquestioner) May 22, 2018

Nipah virus has so far claimed 10 lives in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts in north Kerala while the condition of two undergoing treatment is said to be critical. Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. The natural host of the virus are fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family, Pteropus genus. There is no vaccination for the virus which has a mortality rate of 70 per cent. Health officials said they had found mangoes bitten by bats in a home where three people died of the suspected infection, according to a report.