Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Saturday underwent a successful operation at the Hamidia Hospital for his a trigger finger problem. While talking to media persons after the operation, Aruna Kumar, Dean, Gandhi Medical College said that Chief Minister was admitted to Hamidia Hospital on Saturday morning. He had a trigger finger problem. He underwent an operation and his condition is stable. He has been kept under observation for few hours, she added.

Nath had appealed to his Congress party workers not to meet him as it will cause inconvenience to the patients and staff at the hospital, said state Congress media cell chairperson Shobha Oza. Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan lauded his successor for availing treatment at a government-run hospital. “I wish Kamal Nath a very speedy recovery. Your decision to avail medical treatment in Hamidia is welcome and laudable. At the same time, I urge you to ensure that facilities, which are being availed by you, should be available to the public so that they do not have to wander here and there,” he tweeted in Hindi.