CM Siddaramaiah pays surprise visit to Victoria Hospital, calls for expansion
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah pays a surprise visit to the government-run Victoria Hospital on Wednesday. He stressed the urgent need to expand the capacity of the hospital, amid the growing number of patients arriving from across the country.
He paid a surprise visit to the hospital along with Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil after his tour to Koppal and Raichur was cancelled due to bad weather.
The CM interacted with the patients, including a few from Bihar.
"People from across the country come to Victoria Hospital. There is overcrowding. So there is a need to increase its capacity," Siddaramaiah told reporters, news agency PTI reported.
The CM said that he has asked the medical team to treat patients with compassion.
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