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Ranjitha was preparing to return to a government job in Kerala when the Air India flight crashed. She had been working as a nurse in UK for eight months and had returned home to complete the procedures for her government job in Kerala.
Thiruvananthapuram: Malayali nurse Ranjitha Gopalakrishnan, who died in the Ahmedabad Air India plane crash, was laid to rest on the premises of her home in Kerala that was under construction. The body was kept for public viewing in Sri Vivekananda High School in Pullat, Pathanamthitta, from morning before it was taken to her home. Kerala Ministers V Sivankutty, GR Anil, CPI(M) General Secretary MA Baby and State Secretary MV Govindan, along with other party leaders paid homage to Ranjitha.
Ranjitha was preparing to return to a government job in Kerala when the plane crashed. She had been working as a nurse in Britain for eight months and had returned home to complete the procedures for her government job in Kerala. She was preparing to start work in July. Ranjitha's trip was intended to finalize her release paperwork from her workplace in London. She leaves behind her elderly mother, Tulasi, and two young children, Induchoodan and Ithika.
Ranjitha is the youngest daughter of Gopalakrishnan Nair and Tulasi. After earning a nursing degree in Pandalam, Ranjitha started her nursing career at a hospital in Gujarat. From there, she moved to Oman and later to Britain. Five years ago, Ranjitha secured a government job at Pathanamthitta General Hospital but took extended leave to work abroad. She has two children; her son is in the tenth grade, and her daughter is in the seventh grade.
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(With inputs from ANI)
