Dhungel interacts with Sikkim patients at CMC Vellore

GANGTOK,: Sikkim Health minister GT Dhungel on Tuesday reached CMC Hospital at Vellore and interacted with the patients from Sikkim undergoing medical treatment there. The visit, as directed by Chief Minister PS Golay, also included overseeing possible locations for setting up a guest house at Vellore to benefit the Sikkim patients.

Speaking with the Sikkim patients at CMC Vellore, Dhungel conveyed the Chief Minister’s best wishes for their speedy recovery and assured them continued support from the State government. He also noted their treatment’s progress and requirements during their stay in Vellore.

The patients from Sikkim thanked the Health minister and conveyed their gratitude to the Chief Minister for his best wishes and support.

Dhugel shared with them that his visit is also to explore good possibilities of a guest house at Vellore to be set up by the Sikkim government for the benefit of Sikkim patients and their families undergoing medical treatment there.

CMC Vellore is a favoured hospital for the patients of Sikkim and also a referral hospital of the Sikkim government.

Speaking to the local media, Dhungel mentioned that his Vellore visit is as per the directive of the Sikkim Chief Minister to ensure that patients from Sikkim do not face hardships.

The Health minister was accompanied by Sikkim State Lotteries principal director Pawan Awasthy.

Dhungel highlighted that the Sikkim Chief Minister has taken exemplary measures in the public healthcare sector.

“The Chief Minister is always concerned about the health and medical treatment of the people of Sikkim. For their well-being here, he has directed us that a guest house or a proper structure is located in Vellore so that the patients coming all the way from Sikkim can be comfortably accommodated and they need not suffer hardships of finding a hotel accommodation in Vellore,” said the Health minister.

Dhungel added that the Sikkim patients are provided with comfortable accommodation in the State-run Sikkim Houses at New Delhi, Kolkata and Siliguri. Another Sikkim House is being built in Mumbai and we are proposing the new structure in Vellore also as most people from Sikkim prefer to come here for treatment, he said.