Padma Shri winner who helped deliver 15k babies for free dies at 98
Padma Shri awardee Sulagitti Narasamma, who helped deliver over 15,000 babies free of charge in rural Karnataka has passed away aged 98 in Bengaluru on Tuesday. She suffered from a chronic lung disease and had been placed on ventilator support for five days. She is survived by four sons, three daughters and as many as 36 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.