Rajnath visits injured Shripad Naik at Goa hospital (Ld2)

Panaji, Jan 12 : Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday met his Defence Ministry colleague MoS Shripad Naik, who has been admitted to a Goa hospital following a road accident in Karnataka late on Monday.
Singh briefly met Naik at the Goa Medical College campus to enquire after his health and to condole the death of the Union MoS’s wife Vijaya, before leaving for the national capital.
Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that Naik’s condition is “stable” and he’s responding well to treatment after two orthopaedic operations in the early hours of Tuesday.
“I have met Bhau (Naik). His condition is stable now. The two orthopaedic surgeries conducted on him were successful,” Sawant told reporters shortly after meeting Naik at the hospital’s coronary care unit.
“The operations started around 2.30 am and lasted till around 7 am. He is now under sedation. He is responding well to treatment,” Sawant said.
Sawant said that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will arrive here later in the day to ask after the health of Naik, who was injured in a road mishap in Karnataka late on Monday.