Nagaland Chief Minister inaugurates Oking Hospital new complex
Our Correspondent
Kohima | November 25
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Sunday offered some sensible advice on how to lead a healthy and peaceful life while inaugurating the new complex of Oking Hospital and Research Clinic (OHARC) at Phoolbari, near Old MLA Hostel Junction, Kohima.
Rio said that everybody is trying their best to live the best of life. To be healthy, he however said, one has to understand “Your body and self control.” He said one has to know “how much I can do, how much I should not do, how much I can eat, how much I should drink.”
Rio said each person has to take responsibility of their own life and live a healthy life “so that we can enjoy a healthy life and also we can motivate others to live a healthy life.” Commenting on the new OHARC complex, Rio hoped the hospital would provide continuous healthcare service driven with excellence.
Rio also expressed happiness that Oking Hospital has high quality health care facilities with highest level of professional ethics and standard in Kohima.
Meanwhile, Rio called upon the doctors, nurses and staff of Oking Hospital to work together and help those who are sick and build a healthy and peaceful society.
Maintaining that our doctors and nurses are also of world class, he said “Just that they don’t get the opportunity, they do not handle the latest equipments. If they are trained and given opportunities they will definitely do good and even better than others.”
Oking Hospital intends to bring robotic surgery facility
OHARC managing director Dr. Vikethonyii Kesiezie informed that the hospital intend to bring robotic surgery facility in the near future and also to introduce B. Sc Nursing College.
Maintaining that there is enough expert team in the hospital, he said “we have machineries which are comparable to other hospitals in the metros and in other world.” Stating that the hospital is now equipped with world class health care facilities, he said anybody from western countries can come and work at the hospital.
“We are proud to say that the new hospital we have today is upto national and international standard,” he said adding that it have built operation theatre for ICU according to the standard of NABH accreditation (National Accreditation Boards for Hospitals).
Oking Hospital normally sees about 200-250 patients a day and attends to four to five major surgeries daily. Read more on Page 2
