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Forgotten Heroes: Savita Hira Bodhi – The Dalit Nurse Who Defied Twice-Over Stigma

India’s nursing workforce is overwhelmingly Dalit, overwhelmingly female, and almost entirely invisible in public recognition. Savita Hira Bodhi represents the hundreds of thousands of Dalit nurses who staff the hardest posts in India’s health system – and who the system has systematically undervalued for generations.

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