Wollongong, City in Australia

Australian wicketkeeping great Adam Gilchrist lauded the efforts of an Indian-born nurse working at a care home in Wollongong. Sharon Verghese, who is a student at the University of Wollongong and has been working as an aged-care worker during the lockdown enforced by the coronavirus pandemic."Sharon I wanted to say congratulations on your selfless act. All of Australia, all of India and more importantly, your family wil be so very proud of your efforts. Congratulations and please keep it up, we are all in this together," said Gilchrist in a video tweeted by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission.The United Nurses Association (UNA) has also appreciated the work done by Sharon, adding that out of 20 lakh registered nurses at least 15 lakh are from Kerala."At least two lakh of our nurses are abroad. Besides the Gulf, they are also in the US, Australia and other countries. Nurses from Kerala are most sought after because service is in their blood," said UNA general secretary Sujanapal Achuththan.Sharon later told a Malayalam news channel that she was bowled over by the World Cup winner's shout out. She hails from Kottayam in central Kerala and has been in Austrlia since 2016.( With inputs from IANS )

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Pahalgam Terror Attack

Tahawwur Rana

IPL 2025

CM Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai Local

Weather Update

WollongongFOLLOW

Wollongong, Latest News

Politics :Sydney extends lockdown to more areas

Sydney, June 26 Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) on Saturday extended lockdown to more ... ...

International :Lockdown extended for 14 days in Sydney amid Delta Variant spike

Australia on Saturday extended lockdown for 14 days in Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. ...

Football :ISL: Kerala Blasters FC sign Australian forward Jordan Murray for 2020-21 season

Kerala Blaster FC have signed the Australian forward Jordan Murray for the Indian Super League 2020-21 season. ...

Cricket :Gilchrist lauds efforts of Indian nurse in Australia amid COVID-19

Australian wicketkeeping great Adam Gilchrist lauded the efforts of an Indian-born nurse working at a care home in Wollongong. ... ...