A patient of brain tumour, Krishna Kumar Nirmalkar, will soon be operated upon at State's biggest Government hospital here, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Hospital, thanks to the kindness displayed by Chief Minister Raman Singh who ordered a concession of Rs50,000 to be offered in the total cost of Nirmalkar's brain tumour surgery at Rs2 lakh during his weekly Jandarshan programme here.
A sum of Rs1.50 lakh had already been approved for Nirmalkar's surgery from the 'Sanjeevani Corpus’.However, his surgery was getting delayed as the total cost of the same is Rs2 lakh, according to an official press release issued here.Nirmalkar would now be able to undergo the surgery after Chief Minister ordered a concession of Rs50,000 in the cost of surgery.
It was told by Nirmalkar to the Chief Minister during his Jandarshan programme that he had been suffering from brain tumour since past six years and was undergoing treatment at the Dr. Ambedkar hospital.
The tumour had keep him away from work for the past four years. Singh, after hearing about the hardship being faced by Nirmalkar, immediately directed Director, Health Services to provide a concession of Rs50,000 to the patient for undergoing the surgery.