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Is anyone listening, ask hapless Manipur residents as blockade continues
Assam Tribune | Imphal, Oct 30 (IANS):
For some, it has become a way of life. As the economic blockade in Manipur crossed an unprecedented 90 days, its residents continue to wait for a miraculous breakthrough, even as the situation has only become worse - with prices of essential commodities touching the sky and health services worsening.
"The situation has only become worse," said a worried K.H. Phalin, managing director of the Shija hospital in Manipur. "Despite our best efforts, we have had to turn away seriously ill patients because of lack of life saving drugs and oxygen cylinders."
"It's a helpless situation and a real emergency," Phalin, who is a surgeon in one of the state's biggest private hospitals, told IANS.
According to Phalin, Manipur does not have a medical gas plant of its own and relies on the nearby state of Assam. As a result of the stir, the price of oxygen cylinder has therefore gone up - by four-five times.
Ever since the blockade began Aug 1, the price of fuel and household commodities have also shot up. The blockade, activist Madhu Chandra says, has "unleashed" the black market.
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