Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 6: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today visited Lalla Ded Hospital to take stock of the situation and functioning of the Hospital after fire incident that took place last night.
The Chief Minister interacted with patients, Doctors and the attendants and got first hand appraisal of the incident. He directed the management to make all out efforts for making necessary medical facilities available to the patients.
Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ali Mohammad Sagar also visited the LD Hospital.
While interacting with the patients, the Minister said that a fool proof fire fighting system has been put in place to ensure that the spread of these types of incident are controlled. He said that the staff of the hospital deserves special appreciation for ensuring that the fire did not spread and cause damage to the entire hospital.
He said that the health is one of the top most priority sectors of the state and every care has been taken to augment the infrastructural assets by constructing state of art hospitals which provide round the clock services to the public.
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