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Original Source: The Imphal Free Press

Respected Sir,

This refers to the state chief minister Shri O .Ibobi Singh’s pronouncement in public at the session of Seva Dal Cadres organised by the Manipur Seva Dal on falgship programme of the Government earlier regarding regularisation of Medical personnels . His statement has come at the time when most contractual staffs tenure particularly under the NHRM are coming round the corner thus giving relief to them. Indeed under his stewardship so many flagship programmes have been exxperimented with a grand success . He has introduced a healthy living styles amongst the people by means of introduce many new projects related to health . As a result many unemployed people got employed on various basis and capacities. The conditions of hospitals particularly Ccpur improved tremendously in terms of infrastructures .

To name a few under the NRHM many new buildings and quarters within the premises of the district hospitals have been constructed since the last few years . Many PHC, PHSC buildings have come up even in a very remote and farflung areas of the district whwich has viidly proved that he has no differrence in setting up of development and health infrastructures . Under the same programme many have been recruited as an ASHA as well as JSY workers thus giving jobs to them . Ccpur distrcit hospital is the only in the state to have got ISO certification under his initiative.

So now if the contractual staffs are being regularised as he has said it will go a long way in the promotion of health for people of the state. Really he is the man who have translated his ideas into action and keep his word while it is to many people things are easy to say than done.

Whats your opinion in this regard Sir ?

Yours faithfully,
D Khuala Vaiphei
Churachandpur, Tualnuam

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Original Source: The Imphal Free Press

Sir, Through your highly esteemed daily, “The Imphal Free Press”, I am highly compelled to write that my father approached the RIMS Surgical OPD on 3 May, 2011, Tuesday for a surgical treatment. The doctor advised him for operation. As a preliminary measure, he was advised for ECG and X-ray (CxR-PAV) and to attend the medicine doctors (MOPD) with those results, after which to report back to the SOPD on next Tuesday. The medicine doctor referred my father to the surgery OPD with the test reports as normal. But when my father reported to the surgery OPD on Tuesday, 10 May, 2011, a doctor re-examined him and claimed that his B.P. was 150/100 high.

My father was again, referred to the medicine OPD to take another advice. After a thorough investigation, the medicine doctor referred him back to the SOPD with his advice stating that my father was fully fit to undergo operation and his present BP is 120/80 with cardiopulmonary status as normal. However, it is shocked to learn that the surgery OPD was reluctant to accept that advice and could not believe that the patient’s BP drastically came down to such a normal condition. One doctor checked his BP once again and reported that it was 140/90! Still, various improbabilities were made up and my father was denied admission on the day, turning all our hope of getting admitted for operation to dust.

My father had been advised two investigations and admission for the next Tuesday on 3 May, 2011, after every necessary checked up were done to him. The investigation reports were normal but the SOPD examined him again on his report to the extent of asking his son what his father’s present health condition is all about. By finding fault, he was referred to the medicine OPD but strangely the medical advice of the OPD doctors whom it had referred to were not accepted. So, another checked up was taken for the third time and the final advice is to come back the following week. When we insisted that the patient is fit enough to undergo operation according to the medical advice and sought admission, we were sent to the Head in Charge of the Department but he was not there to meet him.

The OPD timing having been over, the Assist. Professor whom we had met asked us to meet her at the Casulty Department. The Asst. Register who had been meddling with us brought us to a private room and murmured endlessly. At last, we were told to see chance for next week and advised some investigations/tests which result should be brought to him. My query is—is it not such investigations were undertaken after the patient had been admitted and not in advance? If those tests are also necessary, why was the advice not given along with ECG and X-ray on the first day? For what purposes these tests are necessary if the patient is not admitted then?

Why the advice of the Medicine OPD not accepted after the patient was referred to there or their advice being sought? How could there be different BP status/results taken by different doctors? If any one of the machines go wrong, why is there not any concern to find out the defect and replace the same? The fact is that we are expected to bribe them for timely admission and operation. We had been brought from one room to another by a doctor. But it must be crystal clear that we are not such a person who bribe others to earn one’s favour.

Though we were aware of such motive, it was far from bending our mind to give bride to obtain admission. And as far as i know, my father is always fit and healthy though he age is 55 or above. And the operation he has to undergo is only a minor one-inguinal hernia.

Yours faithfully,
Thang Hangshing,
Lamka, Churachandpur.

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Original Source: The Imphal Free Press

Sir,

At this time of boiling point, I wanted everyone to reason on the life attempt made on Wungnaoshang Keishing, MLA of Phungyar Assembly Constituency on April 15th, 2011 between Riha and New Canaan, P.S. Litan, Ukhrul District. The NSCN-IM has accused Wungnaoshang as defying the wishes of the people and betraying the Nagas, selling out the rights and future of the people, and the demand of Phungyar district by bifurcating Ukhrul district is contradictory to the issue of the Naga Integration. The NSCN-IM has also declared that Wuungnaoshang would be punished as he is challenging the authority of the Nation as he was one of the MLA signatory with the UNC during the last Manipur General Assembly Election in 2007 biding not to go against the interest and decision of the nation if elected.

The NSCN-IM has issued diktat in the last Manipur General Assembly Election that no Naga candidate should contest through Congress ticket but ironically, D.D. Thaisii and Gaikhanagm were elected, who are the only Naga Ministers in the Ibobi’s Government of Manipur at present. The said two Naga Minister has been working hand in glove with the Ibobi’s Government for the last five years. During these times Manipur Autonomous District Council (ADC) election has also been successfully undertaken inspite of the opposition made by the NSCN-IM and the Naga people. The ADC is effectively functioning still now though there is no Constitutional protection for the tribals of Manipur.

The UNC as a mouth piece of NSCN-IM had ordered to the Naga Councilors to resign from the post on or before January 31st, 2011 however the Councilors did not pay any heed to the decree of the UNC. Why is the NSCN-IM remaining a silent spectator? All the Naga MLAs had undertaken with the UNC during the last Manipur General Assembly Election in 2007 to work in the interest and decision of the Naga, if elected. Do all the Naga MLAs complying with the promises? Is Wungnaoshang Keishing the only MLA who is drawing salary and residing at the MLA quarter though the Naga MLAs had tendered resignation? Why is the ADC, Manipur allowed to function/survive so far?

Is it because many of the Councilors are related to the NSCN-IM senior leaders? On the other hand, the UNC has viewed that the demand of Phungyar district as a handiwork of the adversaries to vitiate and derail the Alternative Arrangement process. As such, the UNC has urged to withdraw the demand on unhealthy ground for the Nagas. Will the creation of Phungyar district contradict to the Naga Integration? Or will it derail the Alternative Arrangement? I don’t see that the creation of Phungyar district will effect or bring an adverse impact on the Naga Integration and Alternative Arrangement. The NSCN-IM and UNC are making unnecessary excuses for some hidden agendas.

The mass people under Phungyar A/C covering four sub-divisions are fully backing the demand for full-fledged Phungyar district as it will bring an upliftment and living standard to the down trodden and deprived Phungyar, Kamjong, Kasom Khullen and Sahamphung Sub-Divisions of Ukhrul district. The demand for Phungyar disitrct should not be mixed up with the issue of Naga Integration or Alternative Arrangement to confuse the people as there is no way that Phungyar district would be out of the box. I would rather observe that the NSCN-IM is against the demand of the Phungyar district as they wanted the undeveloped and deprive people to remain as it is, while they wanted all the privilege for themselves from the funds/schemes allocation for the Ukhrul district.

The creation of Phungyar district out of Ukhrul district would result in dividing the allocation of funds/schemes being sanctioned and it would affect the influence and income of the senior NSCN-IM leaders who are mostly from West and North Ukhrul. I like to question, how could the senior NSCN-IM leaders effort their son and daughter to study and stay abroad? Whether the land/plot being procured discreetly by the NSCN-IM senior leaders is for the Nation? What about the building? What about the Vehicles? What about the gold ornaments their wife and daughter are wearing? What about their lavish life style? Is it in the interest and wishes of the people and nation? Does money grow on trees in jungle for them? The NSCN-IM is hotly pursing against the Tangkhul factions mushroomed in Ukhrul district while they do not act anything with the other faction being cropping up in other Naga areas. Example- The Naga National Worker People Support Group (NNWPSG) of Senapati formed mainly by the Poumai and Mao Naga communities had rampantly operated and collected various taxes under the nose of the NSCN-IM while maintaining that the Poumai and Mao public leaders and NSCN-IM senior leaders, who hailed from Senapati, were talking with the NNWPSG to join the NSCN-IM.

After 4 years of dialogue, almost all the main leaders of NNWPSG have defected to the NSCN-K while, few useless cadres joined the NSCN-IM. Is it justifiable on the part of the NSCN-IM for not taking up any action against the NNWPSG on the ground that they would lose people support mainly from Poumai and Mao communities? The Poumai and Mao public leaders and senior NSCN-IM leaders had bamboozled the NSCN-IM for 4 years. Now the NSCN-IM has harvest the result of their injustice. Do the Tangkhul people has to die first when there are many other Nagas who are worse for the people and for the nation than Wungnaoshang Keishing, who wanted to bring some light to the down trodden and deprived people of Phungyar A/C.

Yours sincerely
S. Themshang
Nagaram, Imphal.

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