DIMAPUR, MAY 28 (MExN): The Eastern Nagaland Women Organization Tuensang Unit and the Chang Students Union Tuensang Town conducted a surprise visit to the Civil Hospital, Tuensang on May 24 and 26, wherein they found “untold grievances.”
A joint statement from the two organizations said that the only Civil Hospital in Tuensang is running without a gynecologist, pediatrician, eye specialist and anesthesiologist.
It further informed that the X-Ray and ultrasound machines need to be replaced; the ambulance needs repairs; that a doctor to especially treat tuberculosis is required; and pointed to the lack of an intensive care unit in the hospital. “Instead of improving the health care facilities, there have been major anomalies that need immediate attention.
People are going through untold hardships and have to face many inconveniences, even triggering to point of death in some particular cases due to poor maintenance in the health sector,” the two organizations stated.
They meanwhile thanked the doctors and nurses in the hospital for their “selfless sacrifices in discharging their duties to their best.”
“The above mentioned demands are not a new thing to be discussed, as the demands were already proposed to the higher authority and state government by the ENWO Tuensang Unit on September 24, 2016,” the statement reminded.
It however lamented that the concerned authority and the government has shown “no sign of concern,” and stated that the hospital has rather been “abandoned.”
“It is now high time for either the government or the higher authority to take a step. If not, the civilians will be compelled to make a move of their own. Therefore, the union is physically and mentally prepared to take further steps if the demands are not fulfilled,” it cautioned.
