For 40 Years, A Nurse Cycled Through Remote Tea Gardens So No Mother Died While Giving Birth
Reported byThe Better India ↗·Sourced by Goodlede
Gita Karmarkar, a retired health supervisor, cycled through West Bengal's tea gardens for four decades convincing tribal families to use hospitals for childbirth, transforming maternal healthcare in the region and earning the National Florence Nightingale Award 2026 from President Droupadi Murmu.
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