Imphal, November 12 2009: Government offices, healthcare and schools at Mao of Senapati district bordering with Nagaland are in woeful state and full shortest.

It seems that state authority neglected a lot.

The deteriorated conditions of these government institutions at Mao located along the NH-39 and its surrounding villages were observed when a joint of volunteers of Mao Students Union and media persons visited.

The Primary Health Centre which also housed the office of the Rural Family Welfare Centre was found manning by only one regular doctor.

As revealed by the only doctor posting there, Dr Dihe, the primary health centre at Tadubi is the oldest healthcare centre of its kind.

At least two or three doctors are to station but only one is posting.

One of the two nurses posting in the centre had also transferred.

No other nurse posted there to replace her.

The PHC is serving the villagers of Tadubi, Mao Pundung, Emoinu, Makhan, Makhan etc.

but due to posting of only one doctor, villagers are facing problems in availing medical treatment.

Citing the problems of the villagers, authorities have been pressed to send required doctor but so far no positive response could get.

Even though an Ayush doctor under the National Rural Health Mission posted, due to non-supply of the required Ayush based medicine are yet to supply.

A total of 14 staffs including grade-IV are manning the healthcare centre.

Out of these four are on contract basis but most important staff, doctor and nurses were not posting here.

Besides the shortest of staff, the building of the centre and staffs quarters are also in woeful state due to long non-repairing the same.

Earth walls of the building have been broken down.

Roofs are also started leaking which also affected to ceilings.

Even though doctors and nurses are provided by government, they will not willing to stay at the quarters owing to the deteriorating conditions, Dr Dehi observed.

The veterinary dispensary here also haven remaining defunct state for the last around five/six year even though five staffs, a doctor, a field assistant along with three attendants are posting.

Veterinary doctor posting there, Dr Saimon said that due to no proper and required minimum infrastructures, the dispensary could not served the purposed till date.

Some part of the dispensary and staff quarters have been damaged by a major landslide occurred in the area in 2007, he added.

Some land of the dispensary has been encroached by villagers and built their houses.

If the structures are not repair well, it would not be possible to start functioning the veterinary hospital.

The primary health centre constructed at Makhan Centre in 2003 is yet to inaugurate and open for public service, president of the Makhan Union, A Kansipi told to the joint team.

Villagers are facing difficulties in carrying ailing people up to the PHC at Tadubi.

On the other hand, government schools and colleges in area are running without regular headmaster or principal.

Due to no regular administrators, shortest in these institutions are not timely look after.

Vacant posts of five departments of the only government college in Senapati Hill College are not filling up since its establishment, revealed the principal in-charge Kh Laolii the media persons.

The college is only for arts stream subjects.

Lecturers of education, economics, history and political science are lying unfilled since the establishment of the college.

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