Peren, August 20 (MExN): Primary Health Centre (PHC), Tening, Peren district, which serves as a health care center for many villages under Tening sub-division in the absence of other medical facilities, has been functioning without any Medical Officer (MO) since the previous MO was transferred in April 2016.
The absence of a doctor in Tening has caused immense distress to all who need immediate medical services, stated a press release issued by Tening Town Traders’ Union President, PN Kaurinta.
The release narrated that due to absence of doctor at the PHC, a pregnant woman from Ntuma village who came for delivery had to be referred to Peren/ Jalukie/ Dimapur on June 18 when a complication arose. However, she could not make it to the nearest medical facility with a doctor and passed away on the way, it said. Many sick and the needy, the Union highlighted, have to be turned away without proper medical treatment and sent back to their villages with basic medicines provided by nurses since the poor villagers do not have enough resources to go to Peren/ Jalukie/ Dimapur to consult a doctor. The Traders’ Union has appealed to the department concerned and Government of Nagaland to post a Medical Officer permanently at PHC Tening to avoid such unfortunate incidents, thereby inviting the wrath of the public.
