Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, May 16: A Spanish tourist, Martha Martin Islas, who was hospitalized in the city after she injured herself during the country's tour, says she loves Mangalurean hospitality and the environment here. She said she is determined to come back.
Matha (24) is a dancer who holds postgraduate degree in psychology. She reached Kolkata on January 9 this year for touring India. On her way, she reached Gokarna during the first week of January. In Gokarna, she came in contact with a tourist from Bengaluru, Sukesh. When climbing the hill between Om Beach and Half Moon Beach at Gokarna, Martha fell several metres down the crevice and fractured her legs, hands, and suffered injuries on her back. Sukesh and two foreign tourists rushed there after getting her call and searched for her for 90 minutes. They got her admitted into hospital. Sukesh sent her to Tejaswini Hospital Mangaluru in the company of Nirmala Jain and her husband, whom he knew.
After Sukesh contacted her, Martha's mother Dr Diana Islas, reached Mangaluru on February 29. Martha underwent four surgeries as the injuries suffered by her were of grave nature. The mother-daughter duo was ready to return after the last surgery on April 2 but lockdown stopped them from leaving. Martha, during her compulsory stay here, has turned a fan of Mangaluru and its people. She has thanked the doctors and nurses who looked after her needs and also Nirmala Jain who accommodated them at her home.
The two left on Friday for Bengaluru from where they are scheduled to fly to Paris and then to Spain.