BRITAIN’S MOTHER TERESA DISPENSES CARE TO THE NEEDED IN SOUTHERN INDIA
March 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL AND MINI PANT ZACHARIAH, IN MUMBAI
FOR many nurses, work is a calling as much as a profession or a salary - just look at Sylvia Wright. This 74-year-old nurse cashed in her NHS pension 30 years ago and gave up a career as a senior nursing officer and lecturer in Leeds. She then moved to Tiruvannamalai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, having turned down an offer from Mother Teresa to become a nun and join her Calcutta hospital. In Tiruvannamalai, an important Hindu spiritual centre, she initially bought a van, trained five staff and ...
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