Chandigarh, October 23:The Governor of Punjab and Administrator of U.T. Chandigarh, Shri Gulab Chand Kataria, today inaugurated langar services at the Old Panah Sarai of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh. The Administrator was accompanied by Chief Secretary, Chandigarh Administration, Shri Hiriadka Rajesh Prasad; the Administrator also served langar to patients’ attendants and joined them in partaking of the meal.

The langar service, run by Dhan Guru Ram Das Langar Sewa, will provide free meals to patients’ attendants and other needy visitors who spend long hours at the hospital caring for their loved ones.

The Administrator said the initiative follows Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s teachings of “Kirat Karo, Naam Japo, Vand Chhako” and the message of Sarbat Da Bhala (welfare of all). He appreciated Dhan Guru Ram Das Langar Sewa for running similar services at hospitals across Punjab and said the facility would help ease the difficulties faced by patients’ families and attendants.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Shri Shivdular Singh Dhillon, Secretary and Chief Executive of Punjab State Red Cross; Sardar Manjeet Singh of Dhan Guru Ram Das Langar Sewa Asthan; the Director-Principal of GMCH-32, Joint Director (Administration), Medical Superintendent, faculty members, hospital staff and patients’ attendants, among others.