Dehradun, July 30 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday expressed deep sorrow over the death of a child in Bageshwar due to the lack of medical facilities.

The Chief Minister called the incident "extremely painful and unfortunate" and ordered an immediate inquiry into the matter.

In a post on X, Dhami said, "The news of the death of an innocent child in Bageshwar due to a lack of medical facilities is extremely painful and unfortunate. As information has been received so far, prima facie it appears that there has been negligence on the part of officers and employees at some level in the discharge of their duties."

Taking cognisance of the case, the Chief Minister directed the Kumaon Commissioner to carry out an...