Uttarakhand CM, governor visit Kedarnath, inaugurate hospital

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat offered prayers at the Kedarnath temple on Monday and inaugurated a hospital there which will offer free treatment to devotees.

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Named Swami Vivekananda Dharmartha Chikitsalaya, the hospital has 12 beds and a staff strength of 25 including doctors and paramedics.

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Run by Swami Vivekananda Health Mission Society, the hospital opens for devotees with effect from Monday. It has an X-Ray facility, ventilators, an ICU and separate male and female wards, an official here said.

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Earlier, accompanied by Rudraprayag District Magistrate Mangesh Ghildiyal and SP Ajay Singh, the chief minister took a walk around Kedarpuri to review the reconstruction work underway at the township.