Chandel hospital scripts medical history
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Chandel, August 18 2014:
For the first time in the history of the district, 8 major surgical operations relating to appendices, gall bladders, hernia, etc besides other minor operations have been conducted successfully at Chandel District Hospital.
These operations were conducted as part of a 2- Day Outreach Free Surgery Camp organized jointly by Chief Medical Officer, Chandel and Chandel District Hospital Management Committee in collaboration with JNIMS Surgical Outreach Team since yesterday.
During the camp, a medical team led Dr..NJitendra Singh, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery JNIMS Imphal and Dr..SThoiba Singh, Anaesthesia, JNIMS Imphal, successfully conducted eight major operations related to Appendices, Gall Bladders, Hernia, etc.
and other minor operations on patients coming from different parts of Chandel district including Tengnoupal and Chakpikarong as well as some other patients from neighbouring Thoubal District.
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Talking to media persons in this connection, Dr..NJitendra Singh said that the main objective of JNIMS Outreach Surgical Team is to provide free surgery facilities to the patients hailing from remote areas.
Another objective is to bring cordial relationship between hill and valley people and remove the misconception from the mind of the people that all the expert doctors are working only in Imphal and do not care about the people living in the hill districts, he added.
Dr Jitendra further informed that the outreach team had so far conducted 13 such free surgery camps in Ukhrul and Tamenglong District, and sought the cooperation and support of every individual in organising such Outreach Free Surgery Camp in different parts of the State.
While briefing media persons, N.Birchandra Singh, Chief Medical Officer, Chandel said that after renovation of the Operation Theater of Chandel district hospital, 25 Caesarean Surgery were conducted in the hospital since March 31 this year but no major surgical operations had been done.
However, with the initiative of JNIMS Outreach Surgical Team, 8 major surgical operations have been conducted successfully in the district hospital since yesterday.
The CMO on behalf of the District, expressed gratitude to Dr N.Jitendra Singh and his medical team conducting the first ever major surgery in the Hospital successfully.
And he also thanked the Managing Partner of Iboyaima Hospital and Research Centre Imphal for supplying necessary surgical equipments for the camp.