Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 30 2010:
A calendar of the Japanese Hospital, Manipur was released during a function organised by Japanese 2nd World War Victims Memorial Hospital at Maipakpi Maternity and Child Hospital at North AOC here today.
MLA Y Surchandra and president of Japanese Second World War Victims' Memorial Hospital TM Rajen Ayangba were respectively chief guest and president of the function which was also attended by MLA Prithiviraj and MLA Th Nandakishore as guests of honour.
Managing Director of Maipakpi Maternity and Child Hospital Dr K Tomba Singh and Chairman of Public Hospital and Research Institute Md Azad Khan were also present at the occasion as special invitees.
Giving the key note address of the function, Controller of Japanese Hospital, Manipur M Ibomcha pointed that the lives of many people in Manipur are in the grip of around 12 diseases which still do not have cure.
So, there is the need for setting up more medical institutes which are at par with the medical institutes in other developed States.
Efforts are being made to set up a Japanese Hospital in Manipur with funding from Japanese Govt, he added.