Jiribam govt hospital in deplorable condition

From Our Correspondent

JIRIBAM | Nov 11

The newly constructed, Jiribam 50 bedded government hospital located at Ningsingkhul, Jiribam is plagued by endless issues. Lack of sufficient doctors has been a major malady even since the hospital was inaugurated two years ago.

Besides the dearth of doctors, the beds in the hospital are dirty and the toilet which is attached with the female ward is so untidy that the odour is unbearable to the people.

It may be recalled here that the hospital was shifted before from CHC Jiribam since two years ago by constructing well setup infrastructures at Ningsingkhul.

The people of Jiribam were expecting that this would at least bring some improvement in the situation of health care facilities in Jiribam. On the contrary, the present conditions of the hospital have ruined all the expectation of the people.

Moreover, there are 8 or 9 doctors in the hospital but there are no specialist doctors for gynaecology, Paediatrics and medicine specialist.

Mention may be made that the monitoring committee of CHC, Jiribam submitted several memorandums to the authorities concerned regarding the urgent requirement of Jiribam 50- beded hospital but expectations of the people are not fulfilled. It seemed that the demands of Jiribam people were not considered as important or significant.

At this stage, the fate of Jiribam people are not said to be secured when it comes to healthcare facilities, they are still relying to the neighbouring state of Assam.