Ukhrul Dist hospital turns into FRU
Source: Hueiyen News Service / R Lester Makang
Ukhrul, June 17 2015 :
In a major landmark in the history of health care in the district, Ukhrul District Hospital (UDH) has been converted into a First Referral Unit (FRU) for the first time with the aim of providing health services in a holistic manner including various major surgeries in its day to day delivery of health care services.
To officially mark the commissioning of the referral unit, a State Medical team comprised of State Medical Project Manager Rajiv Irengbam, Gynaecololist Dr.Shangchungla, Anaesthesiologist Dr.Shiny Potsangbam and dermatologist Dr.Lokendro led by its Additional Director Dr Shyamsunder on Wednesday visited the district';s lone government-run health centre and oversaw its newly-upgraded Operation Theatre (OT) conditions.
Subsequently, assisted by General Surgeon Dr.Chandra, Dr.Shangchungla successfully performed an emergency Caesarean section on one patient AS Leimayawon, 22, of Shangching village and delivered a baby boy weighing 4.3 kg.
in the presence of Dr.Nelson Vashum in the Operation Theatre (OT) of the hospital.
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Talking to media persons at UDH, Dr.Shyamsunder said that this move is initiated to ensure that the public receive quality and wide range of health services at the hospital so as to bring down the number of patients rushing to private clinics elsewhere.
He further said that from now on this hospital will be a first referral centre for the whole district, before adding that the unit can now handle various major operations like C-section, gastro-duodinal perforation and other critical injuries.
While exuding confidence that the new transformation will immensely benefit the public, he nevertheless added that successful continuity of the unit would also largely depend on cooperation of the specialists posted here.
Meanwhile, State Project Manager Irengbam said that the State Medical Authority has arranged to provide free medication to all patients who undergo operations at the hospital, apart from exempting surgical charges which are exorbitantly high in private clinics anywhere.
Pertaining to diagnostic services, he said that a fulltime Sonologist would be provided for Ultra Sound service at the hospital shortly after a shortterm training.
In the case of X-Ray and other facilities, he pointed out that due to lack of stable power supply, targets remain unatainable.
"For this, we have repeatedly appraised the State Power department to provide a separate power transformer for the hospital but there has been no response as yet," he rued.