Eminent gynaecologist and former medical superintendent and head of the gynaecology department of the Little Lourdes Mission Hospital, Kidangoor in Kottayam district, died on Nov 16. She was 65.
Dr Sister Mary Marcellus was undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Ernakulam after suffering critical injuries in an accident.
Sr Marcellus who belongs to Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (SVM) Congregation, was the first nun to join a government run medical college in Kerala. Her motto in life was ‘By the grace of God I am what I am.’ Sr Marcellus was laid to rest at Kidangoor on Nov 18.
