Ayodhya Ram Mandir: This Hospital In Karnataka Is Delivering Newborns For Free Till Jan 22

As the big day of Ram Mandir inauguration nears, people from all walks of life are commemorating the much-anticipated event in their own unique ways.

A private hospital in Karnataka's Vijayapura district has announced free delivery of newborns from January 18 to January 22 to celebrate the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya.

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Other than doctors, pregnant women too have a say - many in UP's Kanpur have requested their doctors to align their caesarean section deliveries with the Ram temple consecration on January 22.

Get your babies delivered for free on the auspicious day

Shri Siddeshwar Loka Kalyana Charitable Trust, which runs the JSS Super Specialty Hospital in Karnataka, announced that delivery of all the new born babies at the hospital will be done for free till January 22 to celebrate 'Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha'.

"It's a huge occasion and we wanted to contribute in a significant way. So we decided that all deliveries happening at our hospital for the specified period of five days will be done free of cost," an official told PTI.

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So far, on 18 January, atleast seven deliveries were done free of cost. Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal called this a "Ayodhya Celebration".

He posted on X, "If a delivery takes place at JSS hospital from January 18, 2024 to January 22, 2024, then the male child born at the hospital will be considered as a form of Rama and the new born female child will be considered as a form of Sita."

From 14-15 deliveries a day to aligning 30 delivering on Jan 22

At Uttar Pradesh¡¯s largest government hospital, pregnant women are requesting doctors to have their deliveries aligned with the auspicious Ram Mandir inauguration event on January 22.

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While typically overseeing 14 to 15 deliveries, Dr. Seema Dwivedi (Chairperson of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at GSVM Medical College) revealed that preparations are underway for around 30 cesarean operations on January 22.

And why not; after all, devotees have awaited the construction of the Ram temple for a century.

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