Modi to visit Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday

Jammu, April 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to formally inaugurate the 230-bed Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Super Speciality Hospital, officials said on Monday.

The facility has been set up by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board at a cost of Rs.300 crore near Katra in Reasi district, an official said.

Free of cost OPD services and diagnostic tests started at the hospital from March 15. The hospital became fully functional from April 8.

"The hospital is equipped with state-of-the-art computerized equipment to provide best possible diagnostic and treatment facilities to the patients," the official said.