Bengaluru: Florence Nightingale award 2020-21 has been conferred on Sr Aileen Mathias on the occasion of International Nurses day, Instituted by Health and Family Welfare Department, Karnataka and Anglo Indian Unity Centre, Bengaluru for her immense contribution to the leading Hospitals of Mangalore as Nursing Administrator. She was one among the dozen nurses who were felicitated by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar was present during the event. She was awarded in the best nursing superintendent category.
Born in 1961, to Augustine Leo Mathias and Mary Mathias at Santhurkopla-Belman, Sr Aileen Mathias completed her basic education at Belman and joined the Sisters of Charity in 1981, she took her First Profession vows in 1983 and Final Profession in 1988. She did her General Nursing in 1985, PCBSc Nursing in 1996 and completed her MSc Nursing in 2001.
Sr Aileen Mathias worked as CNO at Father Muller Hospital for 12 years and Yenepoya Medical College Hospital for 5 years. She has written a Nursing Manual textbook published by Emmes publication. She received the award from Gitanjali Music Association for best nursing administrator in the year 2015 and received an award for Leprosy Patients Care by Dakshina Kannada Leprosy Centre in the year 2014. She has participated as a resource person in several conferences.
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