Chief Minister N Biren Singh and other at the inauguration of Institute of Dental Sciences at the auditorium of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) in Imphal on Monday). Newmai News Network Imphal | September 4 Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has called on the doctors and paramedical staffs to uphold professional ethics and collectively work to execute their responsibilities and duties. The Chief Minister was speaking during the inaugural function of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Dental Sciences (JNIDS) at the Auditorium of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) in Imphal today. While acknowledging the lack of manpower in JNIMS, the Chief Minister assured that the requirement of staffs and faculties of the Institute would be filled up soon. In this context, he urged the officials and administrative staffs of the institute to thoroughly discuss on the situation and also the present infrastructure requirements. The Chief Minister also urged the JNIMS administration to submit a blueprint for the upgradation and construction of JNIMS for proper functioning of the Institute. A Detailed Project Report (DPR) is almost ready for setting up the Cancer Hospital in JNIMS, he added. Stating that a collective responsibility is needed for the betterment of society rather blaming or criticising on other’s work, Biren further informed that the government would give top priority for blacktopping the existing roads and repairing of roads in the State at the end of the rainy season. Minister for Health and Family Welfare, L Jayantakumar said that despite of the financial constraints and inconveniencies faced by the government, the government is planning to increase the manpower and other requirements for smooth functioning of the institute. Clarifying on the recent FIR lodged against former Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh and five former bureaucrats of the state for alleged financial irregularities in the Manipur Development Society (MDS), the Minister said that the government has taken such step not for political vendetta or political revenge against any political parties or persons but to find out the responsible person or authorities for the mismanagement, misappropriation and misuse of funds. He maintained that everybody is answerable to the rule of law and that no one is above the law in a democratic State. On the occasion, the dignitaries also inaugurated the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Unit in JNIMS.
