The Economist: a Nurse, an Obituary - Lini RIP

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Lini Many Keralans work in the Gulf. More lucrative than staying at home. Dream of Gulf as a magical place. Proud pictures taken outside the house. Study Motivation Ambition Love

Lini - died of the Nipah Virus (fatal in 70% of cases) May 21st 2018, aged 28 Night shift Patient admitted: Mohamed Sadiq from Changaroth Panchayat Fever, breathing difficulty Fluids, paracetamol, change of clothes, sit with all night long The patient died after a few days  Travel by bus to work from Chempanoda, slow but beautiful journey across rivers, areca-nut and rubber trees, past wooded hills. The Western Ghats tower to the east, catch the evening sun. Bats - infected water, or the mangoes nearby. Lini was studying to improve her knowledge ...

Puthussery (family) Lini --------Sajeesh | | --------------- |                    | Rithul (5 yrs)       Sidharth (2 yrs) Sajeesh, away 5 yrs Bahrain working as an accountant Daily phone calls, returned a few times a year Able to afford 1 storey brick house Social media - rumours Origin of infection?

to be eligible for a permanent government nursing job. On contract to Perambra Taluk hospital Upgraded from a community health centre 10 yrs ago Still short of doctors and specialists Difficult cases still go to Kozhikode 50km away Lini worked as a daily-wage nurse - flexible hours. Place not quite paradise as farmers at times gathered to protest when their land was misclassified as protected forest and claims to ownership were rebuffed. Husband tried to get a family visa, but Lini wanted a nursing job in Gulf first. (She loved her work too much)

Obituary, Lini Puthussery, The Economist, June 2nd, 2018, 427, 9094, p.86.

Thanks Gerry for pulling some strings

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20847151

Today it was Gerry Anderson's funeral. I am a child of that generation Thunderbirds, Joe 90, UFO - great TV.

In 2008 I found myself back in my old home town and an old friend from junior school got in touch. One of John's memories regards my dad who passed away in 2003 was the fact that when John came around in the very early 70s my dad would watch Thunderbirds with us too.

It really was family entertainment. Visionary, innovative, humane in its messages and delivery; and like the web today the stories counted. There was humour and human frailty on display too, a great primer for a future mental health nurse.

http://gerryanderson.wikia.com/wiki/Thunderbirds_Are_Go

There are favourite episodes - that featuring Fireflash, the Sidewinder, Sunprobe and Zero X from the film Thunderbirds Are Go that I saw on first release at the cinema.

I acquired a love of film soundtracks from the marriage of music and the action in Thunderbirds. Fusion existed in the 60s. Even before Star Trek arrived in the UK there was hope and optimism for the future.

Thanks Gerry!

Associate Professor Fran Biley - Bournemouth University

It is with great sadness that this week I learned of the passing of Fran Biley. In 2003 I contacted Fran having heard he had worked up in Lancashire in the early 80s as a charge nurse on a then new elderly mentally ill unit. I could not resist the possibility that here was someone who perhaps knew of Hodges' model or had used it.

There were no major leads, but Fran always encouraged me in my preoccupation with Hodges' model. I did not have a sense that I was just being indulged, or that Fran was purely exercising good manners which I'm sure he had in abundance. Fran also provided support indirectly and so I will miss both his positive words and observations.

There may be some communications on the old PC to recover, as I've enjoyed following Fran's contributions over the years. The brilliant video on students and nursing theory which I posted here on W2tQ in 2010 and Fran's posts to various lists over the years, including:

From: Francis Biley at BOURNEMOUTH.AC.UK;
To: PSYCHIATRIC-NURSING at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Sent: Thursday, 29 November, 2007 11:58:15 AM
Subject: [PSYCHIATRIC-NURSING] Evidence

Didn't Liam mention nursing in the original post somewhere? What about Peplau, Orlando, and Travelbee and perhaps a host of others who produced buckets full of evidence of whatever flavour you'd like to choose; and Barker as well of course, not added here as an afterthought, more as emphasis.

And as for contemporary, Orlando's book was published in ?61, and Travelbee died in 73 (I think??)....and we all (should) know Peplau's history (perhaps...)...and FNs Notes on Nursing is still on and off my book shelf like a yoyo.

Or is it that we've been influenced by psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists and etc to such an extent that these people (and nursing per se) have clearly disappeared from the horizon, or where never there in the first place?

I will keep going Fran! Many thanks.