U-TRUST elects office bearers
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, November 30 2022: The Union of Treatment & Rehabilitation of Users for Social Transformation (U-TRUST) today elected its new office during a meeting convened at the premises of Way to Life Drug DeAddiction and Rehabilitation Centre, Meitram Awang Leikai today.

Representatives and point persons of private drug treatment centres from different districts of the State attended the meeting, said a press release issued by U-Trust, adding that Soraisam Gobby has been elected as the convener of the forum While Takhenchangbam Chandras Sharma and Arunkumar Sarungbam were elected as co-conveners during the meeting.

The other new office bearers of U-TRUST include Kishorchand Huiningshubam (publicity secretary), Thingujam Pradeep and Angom Robindro as public relations secretaries and Kishan Takhellambam (treasurer) .

After detailed deliberations, the meeting resolved that the U-TRUST will work in tandem with the Department of Social Welfare.

Further, the 'Committee on Suitable Guidelines for Non-Funded Private Drug Rehabilitation Centres', a body of 62 drug treatment centres of the State which has been demanding a suitable guideline for private treatment facilities was formally dissolved in the meeting with the recent adoption of the 'Guideline of TRUST Centres' by the State Government, it added.

The meeting also resolved that all the internal matters and issues of private drug treatment centres shall be addressed under the ambit of U-TRUST without outside interference whatsoever.

The meeting urged private drug rehabilitation centres that are left out of the forum due to communication gap and other issues to reach out to the convener of U-TRUST and enrol their respective centres with the forum at the earliest.

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