Sacred Heart Sister Rose Tom, a gynaecologist, has been conferred with ‘International Human Rights” award for 2019 for her healthcare services in interior villages of Arunachal Pradesh.

The Delhi-based International Human Rights Council gave the award on December 9 at a function held in the India Islamic Centre Auditorium in the presence of invitees from all over the country and abroad.

Sister Tom, a native of Kerala, has more than 33 years of experience working in various parts of India. She has worked for the past four years at the Krick and Bourry Memorial (KBM) Hospital in Injan village of Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh.

“I am totally humbled by this honour,” said the 67- year-old nun told.