Woman Who Helped Delivered 15k Babies Dies
The woman who helped deliver 15,000 babies in rural areas of Karnataka dies at the age of 98.
Sulagitti Narasamma was awarded the Padma Shri this year by President Ram Nath Kovind. She has helped deliver 15,000 babies in the rural areas of Karnataka, where there are no medical facilities. She did this free of cost for the last 70 years. She used to live in Krishnapura a small village in Karnataka.
She was 98 years old when she died at a hospital in bangalore on 25th December 2018.She was given the National Citizen’s award in 2013.She was also given an honorary doctorate from Tumkur University.The Vayoshreshtha Samman is a lifetime achievement award which was presented to her by President Pranab Mukherjee.
She suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away at 3.10 pm.
