Puri, March 8: Manjulata Maharana is an exceptional Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife (ANM) at Sahaspur health sub-centre in Puri district of Odisha.
She has been awarded the National Florence Nightingale Awards – 2023 by President Droupadi Murmu for facilitating normal delivery of over 200 women. She has been honoured for helping four women in delivery during flood where ambulance service was a far dream. Besides, she has successfully conducted 100 percent vaccination in 13 panchayats in the district.
She has carved a niche for herself by her dedication and hard work to reach healthcare facilities at grassroots level at the time of emergency.
Expectant mothers from the nearby areas throng to the healthcare centre she is working at for safe normal delivery.
Besides, she has set up a labour room in the hospital withdrawing money from her EPFO account to facilitate better delivery of women coming to the hospital.
She used to reach at people in need of healthcare during Covid pandemic when no one was daring to go outside.
