Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat came to the rescue of a woman who called him at night seeking help for her ailing infant.

On failing to get medical help for her ailing child on Friday night, Meera, of Sunali village of Uttarkashi’s Purola area, had lost all hope. However, on a neighbour’s suggestion she hesitantly called the Chief Minister at 11 pm.

To her relief, Mr Rawat not only gave her a patient hearing but also called Uttarkashi District Magistrate Ashish Kumar Shrivastava and asked him to extend all help to the woman urgently, an official release said.

The DM ordered Purola SDM to rush the woman and baby to the nearest hospital. Within half an hour, they were taken to a community health centre where the child began showing signs of improvement in his health.