Edith Helen Paull (14 January 1902 – 1975) was an Indian medical nurse from Uttar Pradesh associated with the Indian Red Cross Society.

Life

She did her nursing studies at Bedford College, London, with the assistance of a Florence Nightingale scholarship and started her career in 1928. She held the post of the nursing matron at many renowned medical institutions such as the Lady Hardinge Medical College Hospital, New Delhi, the Government Civil Hospital, Allahabad, Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital, Mumbai and Jehangir Hospital, Pune and presided The Trained Nurses' Association of India for six years. A winner of the Florence Nightingale Medal in 1964, she was honoured by the Government of India in 1967, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth-highest Indian civilian award for her contributions to the society.

Edith Helen Paull

References

Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine

1902 births

1975 deaths

Date of death missing

Indian women nurses

Alumni of Bedford College, London

20th-century Indian women scientists

20th-century Indian medical doctors

People from Mirzapur district

Women scientists from Uttar Pradesh

Medical doctors from Uttar Pradesh

Florence Nightingale Medal recipients

Edith Helen Paull