Dimapur DPDB meet discusses setting up dialysis center

Dimapur District Planning and Development Board members attending the meeting held in the conference Hall of DC Dimapur on November 5. (DIPR Photo)

Dimapur, November 5 (MExN): The monthly District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting was held on November 5, in the conference Hall of DC Dimapur.

Chairing the first DPDB meeting after taking over as Deputy Commissioner Dimapur, Anoop Kinchi IAS, who is also the vice Chairman DPDB Dimapur, welcomed all the members. A DIPR report stated that Kinchi observed DPDB as the most important monthly meeting, where all the department officers sits together to discuss issues with a holistic view and resolve it from the DPDB platform. Therefore, Kinchi asked all the members to take DPDB meeting seriously and to attend the meetings positively unless during un-avoidable circumstances.

In the meeting, Medical Superintendent Dimapur, Kheshito, while highlighting on the proposal for setting up of Hemo- Dialysis Center at district Hospital, Dimapur, informed that CSR, Airport Authority of India has come forward to give 4 to 6 Dialysis machines once clearance for installation is given by the concern authority. He informed that in Dimapur district alone, around thousand patients undergo Dialysis in a month which cost around Rs.4000 to Rs.5000 per Dialysis. He further regretted while stating that for the last 10 years kidney failure cases has been rising in the State. The House recommended the proposal for setting up Hemo Dialysis Center where the vice Chairman DPDB would be writing to the medical department on the issue. 

District Transport Officer Dimapur, Nyamo Jami presented the department's activities with a power point presentation.

The Board also recommended for registration of 4 societies including Naga Forensic Society Association, Old Boys Association of Sainikschool, Nagaland Chapter, Little Buds Educational & Welfare Society, Keren Sumi Foundation. In the meeting the Board members also recommended for upgradation of Christ School Ekhyo Yan till class VIII.
Agriculture and PHE departments were entrusted to give a presentation of their departmental activities in the next DPDB meeting.