Keralite caregivers in Israel stick on despite its raging war with Hamas
The Hindu
Though official estimates suggest that about 11,000 Keralites are employed as caregivers across Israel, there appears to be a dearth of accurate data to confirm the same
The myth of Keralite nurses working in some of the most dreaded battlegrounds echoes decades of stories from the first Gulf War to the conflict that currently unfolds in Israel. Anita Prakash, a 38-year-old Chalakkudy native who works as a caregiver in Bartym street near Tel-Aviv in Israel, too has seen and experienced things that cut deep and nearly took her life. Ever since the conflict broke out, she has spent days learning to care for herself as much as she cares for others. “We have about 60 seconds to run for shelter once the air-raid siren rings, but ensuring the safety of my wheelchair-bound patient is almost impossible. In the latest phase of conflict, the siren keeps ringing almost so frequently during the night hours that I can’t sleep any more,” she says.More Related News