A joint team from five areas comprising of Kiphire Area Students’ Union (KASU), Longmatra Area Students’ Union (LASU), Singti Area Students’ Union (SASU), Amahator Area Students’ Union (ARSU) and Seyochung Area Students’ Union (SASU) led by officials from the respective students union conducted a joint inspection in district hospital Kiphire on March 26.
The student’s union leaders while acknowledging the service rendered by few dedicated doctors and staffs despite of the insurmountable obstacles they face while carrying out their duty, addressed to the Principal Director Health and Family Welfare that during the inspection and interaction with the staff, various pertaining matters faced by the doctors and staff were deliberated.
Highlighting the plights in the District Hospital, the unions stated that the lack of work force and basic vital medical equipments is putting the lives of patients at perils. Even after decades of upgradation, the hospital to the status of district hospital, crucial medical equipments such as ultra snography ECG, and Boyle’s apparatus was found to be missing. The lack of basic medical equipments is dogging the effective functioning of the hospital. Even X-Ray which is in use is only a portable x-ray as the original x-ray is damaged and so far is not being repaired nor replace till now. The hospital is under-staffed with just a few doctors and nurse staff, leaving the citizens of Kiphire in a quagmire. Thus, in the absence of sufficient work force and basic medical equipments doctors helpless.
They also stated that it was also quite disturbing to learn that district hospital Kiphire is without specialist doctor in the field of medical surgeon, pediatrician, and radiologist. While some senior medical officers of anesthetist and gynecologist was found to be not regular. Faced with lacked of work force and basic medical equipments doctors are left incapacitated with more work force and high medical equipments. It will greatly ease the burden of doctors and staffs enabling the doctors to carry out their duties in a more efficient and better environment. It may also be mentioned that at present with just a few handful of doctors and nurses only 8 regular nurses. It becomes an uphill task for doctors and staffs to function smoothly.
“The state of the hospital is in a precarious situation, with ever-increasing demand for better health care. There is as urgent need to appoint more doctors and nurses to catered to the demand of good health care in a far flunk places like Kiphire,” the students union stated in the open letter.
With pragmatic approach by the concerned department, it will altered the feeling of discrimination. Kiphire being located in a strategic area, it has the potential to be the hub of health sector for the entire eastern region. It can also generate good revenue for the department and the government.
It may also be mentioned that, in this regard various memorandum and appeal has been submitted by the department as well as by various NGO. However, there is no concrete response from the department till date.
“The concerned department cannot remain inert as countless of lives are at stake here. We implore upon the concerned department to immediately address the grievances’ of the people, keeping in mind the socio economic status in a place like Kiphire,” added the joint statement.
(MExN)
The student’s union leaders while acknowledging the service rendered by few dedicated doctors and staffs despite of the insurmountable obstacles they face while carrying out their duty, addressed to the Principal Director Health and Family Welfare that during the inspection and interaction with the staff, various pertaining matters faced by the doctors and staff were deliberated.
Highlighting the plights in the District Hospital, the unions stated that the lack of work force and basic vital medical equipments is putting the lives of patients at perils. Even after decades of upgradation, the hospital to the status of district hospital, crucial medical equipments such as ultra snography ECG, and Boyle’s apparatus was found to be missing. The lack of basic medical equipments is dogging the effective functioning of the hospital. Even X-Ray which is in use is only a portable x-ray as the original x-ray is damaged and so far is not being repaired nor replace till now. The hospital is under-staffed with just a few doctors and nurse staff, leaving the citizens of Kiphire in a quagmire. Thus, in the absence of sufficient work force and basic medical equipments doctors helpless.
They also stated that it was also quite disturbing to learn that district hospital Kiphire is without specialist doctor in the field of medical surgeon, pediatrician, and radiologist. While some senior medical officers of anesthetist and gynecologist was found to be not regular. Faced with lacked of work force and basic medical equipments doctors are left incapacitated with more work force and high medical equipments. It will greatly ease the burden of doctors and staffs enabling the doctors to carry out their duties in a more efficient and better environment. It may also be mentioned that at present with just a few handful of doctors and nurses only 8 regular nurses. It becomes an uphill task for doctors and staffs to function smoothly.
“The state of the hospital is in a precarious situation, with ever-increasing demand for better health care. There is as urgent need to appoint more doctors and nurses to catered to the demand of good health care in a far flunk places like Kiphire,” the students union stated in the open letter.
With pragmatic approach by the concerned department, it will altered the feeling of discrimination. Kiphire being located in a strategic area, it has the potential to be the hub of health sector for the entire eastern region. It can also generate good revenue for the department and the government.
It may also be mentioned that, in this regard various memorandum and appeal has been submitted by the department as well as by various NGO. However, there is no concrete response from the department till date.
“The concerned department cannot remain inert as countless of lives are at stake here. We implore upon the concerned department to immediately address the grievances’ of the people, keeping in mind the socio economic status in a place like Kiphire,” added the joint statement.
(MExN)
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