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Guwahati, Nov 16: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma showered love & affection on the specially-abled child who is undergoing therapy at Gauhati Medical College & Hospital.

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma shared a heart-touching video of a specially-abled child who is undergoing therapy at Gauhati Medical College & Hospital and his mother requested the instructed GMCH Superintendent to make arrangements for further treatment of the kid in Bangalore.

Assam CM inaugurated several new infrastructures at the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday.

They include a new 850-seater auditorium, Principal’s residence, attendants’ guest house, boys’ hostel, and nurse’s quarters on its premises.

Notably, the state-run Guwahati Medical College and Hospital was at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 and has served lakhs of patients in the previous two pandemic years.

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The Assam Chief Minister said that as part of the Assam government’s initiative to transform Guwahati Medical College & Hospital, the 850-seat auditorium has been built at the cost of Rs 6 crore with support from Oil India Limited and 165-bed Vishram Sadan (attendants’ guest house) for Rs 13 crore with funds from Power Grid Corporation of India.

Whereas, the Principal’s residence was built at a cost of Rs 2 crore, the boys’ hostel at a price of Rs 11 crore, and nurses’ hostel at a cost of Rs 3.32 crore.

At the inauguration ceremony, the state’s health minister Keshab Mahanta, GMCH superintendent Dr. Abhijit Sarma, and several other top government officials were also present.