Thiruvananthapuram: ‘Without my son’s laughter and mischief, each day in my life has become a big zero’, were the words posted on Facebook by Aswathy Vijayan, who died in a road accident in Saudi Arabia on Friday, on her five-year-old son Dayal’s birthday last year.
Vijayan, 31, was working as a nurse in King Khalid Hospital, Najran, for the last three years.
After completing Bsc Nursing course from KIMS, Anayara, she worked at Credence hospital and Thiruvananthapuram medical college hospital for some time.
Since her family was financially weak, she took up the job in Saudi Arabia to pay off the family’s debts, including her educational loan which is yet to be repaid.
She had completed her course after her marriage.
Vijayan’s husband, Jijosh Mithra, who runs a bakery-cum-provision store, said that he was proud of his wife’s strong will.
She had come home three months ago and had promised her son that she would be coming for his birthday in December this year, he said.
“A few hours before the accident, Aswathy had called me and said that she along with her roommates were going out to purchase provisions and would call after the shopping.
That was the last time I talked to her.
After a while, I received a call from the hospital informing of her death,” said a tearful Jijosh.
Aswathy’s children — Diksha and Dayal — who are staying with their father and grandparents are not aware of the untimely death of their mother, who often sent them surprise gifts.
As Vijayan couldn’t bear to be away from her husband and children, they had decided to move to Saudi Arabia but it was postponed due to Covid-19.
She used to make video calls at least two to three times daily to talk to her children.
Meanwhile, efforts are on to repatriate the body that is kept at Thar General Hospital mortuary.
The relatives expect the body to arrive within ten days.