The dependents of a health worker who died in an accident while on COVID-19 duty have received ₹50 lakh as insurance payment, Health Minister K. K. Shylaja said here today.
Ms. Shylaja handed over the insurance certificate for ₹50 lakh to the son and daughter of S. Kumari, 46, who was an HMC staff attender (Grade-2) at the District Hospital, Nedumangad.
Ms. Kumari was killed in an accident on May 27 while she was on her way to the hospital for night duty at the isolation ward.
A staffer at the District Hospital since 2013, she had been assigned to the COVID OP and isolation ward in March.
