Senior Correspondent.TOD.Balurghat
On Gandhi Jayanti, Union Minister of state and Balurghat MP Dr.Sukanta Majumdar visited Balurghat District Hospital for a cleanliness drive, but the occasion also brought him face to face with a more immediate concern: a woman who had been injured in an accident at the hospital’s entrance the previous day.
Dr.Majumdar, who arrived at the hospital on Friday with local BJP leaders and workers, including Balurghat MLA Bidyut Kumar Roy and Gangarampur College governing body president Swarup Chowdhury, took part in a cleanliness campaign across the hospital premises. During his visit, he also went to see the woman who was injured when a truck struck and brought down the entrance arch on Thursday .
The accident had occurred when a truck carrying hospital supplies entered through the main gate and its upper portion hit the arch above the entrance. The collapsing structure damaged several motorcycles and scooters and injured a woman and a child, according to local residents. The injured were taken to the hospital for treatment.Dr.Majumdar also met hospital officials to discuss infrastructure and plans for the institution, which he said is expected to be developed into a medical college.
“On the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, we carried out a cleanliness drive at Balurghat Hospital,” Dr.Majumdar told reporters. He said the effort was part of an initiative to keep the hospital premises clean ahead of its proposed transformation.The minister’s visit to the injured woman added a personal dimension to the day’s public programme, as the cleanliness campaign coincided with a visit to a patient affected by the previous day’s accident.
Earlier, Dr.Majumdar said, similar cleanliness drives had been conducted under the leadership of MLA Bidyut Kumar Roy and district BJP president Swarup Chowdhury. He said the broader aim was to develop South Dinajpur as a model district under the Swachh Bharat initiative.The two moments of the day reflected a broader spirit of public service — combining the Gandhi Jayanti cleanliness drive with a personal visit to an accident victim, while underscoring the importance of a cleaner, safer and better-equipped hospital for the people of Dakshin Dinajpur.
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