New Governor of Sikkim reviews the Sir Thuthob Namgyal Memorial Hospital and the Helen Lepcha Government Medical College

3 November 2026

Dushyant Gautam, the newly appointed Governor of Sikkim, visited the new Sir Thuthob Namgyal Memorial Hospital in Gangtok soon after taking office. He went through the wards, met patients and inspected the basic facilities. The Governor then held a review meeting at the hospital with the Secretary of the Health Department, Chevanga Gyatsao, and the Medical Superintendent, Dr Ruth Yonjan, going into the hospital's infrastructure, the stock of life-saving medicines and the working of doctors and paramedical staff. He also visited the newly built Helen Lepcha Government Medical College, offered a khada at the statue of the freedom fighter Helen Lepcha, and looked at the laboratories and teaching work before meeting the college's first batch of students. The Commissioner and Joint Secretary, Jitendra Singh Raje, accompanied him. The Governor asked the students to take health services to the far-flung areas of Sikkim.