Protest over village health nurse’s murder

Trichy | Wednesday | 30th August, 2017

Summary:

more-inThe murder of a village health nurse attached to a health sub-centre by two youth near Kallakudi triggered protests by other nurses here on Tuesday. They also demanded that village health nurses be provided with adequate security since they worked in remote areas. Consequent to the nurse’s death, the Kallakudi police changed it to one of murder. The police, who initially registered a case of attempt to murder against two youth, S.

Augustine Leo (21) and A.

Raman (20) of Vadugarpet, have now altered it to a case of murder following the nurse’s death in a hospital on Monday night. The victim, N.

Kalavathy (55), who worked in the health sub-centre at Vadugarpet was staying alone in a portion at the same centre..