Sister Jude, popularly known as the Mother Teresa of Mau and now known as Maunath Bhanjan village in Uttar Pradesh, has been honored with Rani Laxmi Bai Award by the Uttar Pradesh government for her long 40 years’ service in the medical field. Sr. Jude is a Catholic nun hailing from Malayattoor in Kerala and had a childhood desire to lead a holy life and thus had left home to serve God at the age of 17. She found her mission in Mau. She was appointed as a gynecologist by the Medical Sisters of St Joseph organization.
As reported by mattersindia.com, Sr. Jude remarked that “I wanted to become a saint. I became a doctor instead. In 1975, the convent sent me to Lady Harding Medical College in New Delhi to study medicine. I soon realized I was doing God’s work.” Further, she added, “The villagers only came to the hospital during the final stage of their disease back then. At times I have diagnosed up to 382 patients in a single day. But now after 200, I hand over the patients to my assistants.”
With her hard work and dedication, Sister Jude was able to convert the Fathima dispensary in Mau into a 352-bed hospital with almost all the medical departments functioning here. Even the causality in the dispensary has 52 beds now. Sister Jude was also honored with Senior Citizen Award under Tina Ambani in 2009.
Source: www.mattersindia.com
