Tousem in distress
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 10, 2014:
People in Tousem sub division of Tamenglong district are suffering from typhoid, malaria and other diseases but there have been no doctors to attend the matter, according to villagers.
No doctors or nurses are posted in the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Tousem, the villagers alleged.
There have been 20 or more cases of typhoid, malaria and other diseases in most of the villages in Tousem sub division, the villagers stated.
Meanwhile, the Tamei Headquarters Authority has urged the state government of Manipur to address all the ails in Tamei sub division of Tamenglong district.
The Tamei Headquarter Authority chairman Ch Poujeng said there should be at least six government doctors posted in Tamei health centres but that was not done.
Ch Poujeng said that the people are find hardship due to absence of doctors at Tamei Primary Health Centre (PHC) and sub health centres spread across Tamei sub division.
The Tamei chairman also stated that poor patients who have no means either to go to the district headquarter or to Imphal have been left with uncertain fate.
On the government offices, Ch Poujeng alleged that almost all the government offices in Tamei sub division are not functioning as the SDO and other heads of offices have been absent for a long time.
The chairman urged the concerned authority to look into the matter so that the administration in the sub division is restored.
Ch Poujeng then urged the concerned authority to complete the Imphal-Tamenglong road via Imphal under taken by NEC.