Medical directorate not to provide medial coverage
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 20 2015 :
Director Health Services Manipur on Thursday said that Medical Directorate and its District Authorities are not in a position to provide medical coverage with immediate effect to the hunger strikers in connection with the ILPS agitations unless the safety/security of the staff members and infrastructure are ensured by the police department as well as the strikers.
A statement signed by the Director of Health Services Manipur Dr O Ibomcha recalled that two ambulances, one each of CMO Imphal West and Imphal East Districts had been damaged by supporters of hunger strikers agitating for ILPS on the nights of August 17 and 18 .
While adding that Dr Puspa Rai CMO Imphal East, Dr K Tharbendra Sharma Medical Officer, CMO Pool, Imphal West and Herojit Singh, MHW, CMO Imphal East sustained injuries in mob violence, the statement rued all these incidents occurred right under the noses of fully armed police and other security personnel.