Wokha: The Akuk Village Council, Mekokla Village Council, New Akuk Village Council and Chanka Village Council fully have extended support to the demand for establishment of Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Yan-Mhonmo.
The demand was made earlier by Achumbemo Kikon Ex-Candidate 40 Bhandari A/C following the dead of Lt. Phyochamo & his daughter of Mekokla Village on April 14 and 16, 2014 from food poisoning.
The four village councils in a joint press release stated that, the total population of these four villages comprises of 15,000 (fifteen thousand) and therefore it is equally qualified like any other villages/areas to have PHC.
The signatories are Ratsemo Patton, Chairman, Akuk Village Council; Lc. Nyamongo Kikon Chairman, Mekokla Village Council, Nkumo Kikon Chanka Village Council and Yanpothung Patton Chairman, New Akuk Village Council.
Yan-mhonmo is the ideal location for establishment of PHC because it is the centre of these four villages. The distance from Yan-mhonmo to the district HQ (Wokha) is about 80 KMs. The climatic condition of these circle/ area is warm throughout the year hence it is a malaria prone zone.
Since there is no hospital facility in this circle/area, the villagers have to walk minimum 33 KMs even to get first aid. As such, a good hospital needs to be set- up urgently in this circle/area to save the life of the poor villagers. In fact, many poor villagers of this circle/area have lost their precious lives in the past due to lack of medical facilities. Hence, if the Government set-up PHC in the above proposed area it will bring big relieve not only for the four villages but also to all its adjoining villagers.
The press note also mentioned that on November 4, 1999, the DPDB Wokha has approved for establishment of PHC at Yan-mhonmo under the initiative of Y. Patton, the present Minister for Forest & Border Affairs when he was an MLA representing 40 Bhandari A/C.
“But even after a lapse of 14 long years, no action seems to have been taken so far for opening/creation of PHC at Yan-mhonmo,” they stated.
They further added that Yan-mhonmo circle/area fulfils all the criteria for establishment of PHC and earlier, various representations have been submitted to the concerned authority on numerous occasions. “As such, we have also fulfilled all the formalities that ought to have been done,” the Village authorities stated. They have appeal to the Minister Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland to give top priority during this current year for establishment of Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Yan-Mhonmo under Wokha District as this particular circle/area deserves PHC in all sense of the term.
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