In the summer of 1917, during the Battle of Mărășești, while boarded on a military train that transported the wounded from Mărășești to Vaslui and Iași, she was seriously injured on her left thigh. Her foot was rescued from amputation at the hospital in Iași by doctor Gheorghiu. Impressed by her medical knowledge, the doctors suggested she stayed at Hospital no. 271 in Iași, led by Professor Gerota.