Despite Manipur being one of the states with the highest number of mental health issues, lack of adequate resources is cited for the delay in setting up of a mental health hospital.
Pointing out that cancer cases is increasing in Manipur, former Manipur Health director Dr K Rajo said that with the change of lifestyle, climate change, pollution, consumption of highly fertilized vegetables, fruits, cancer will increase in the coming days.
A ministerial team visited Chandel and held a meeting with the district Administration, district level officers and health project partners, during which various primary and subsidiary health-related issues were discussed.
Our CorrespondentImphal, June 11 (EMN): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh inaugurated a 30-bedded psychiatry ward, public shed and child care centre at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) on Saturday. Addressing the inaugural function, Singh expressed happiness for the cleanliness around JNIMS campus and highlighted that ‘an inclination towards maintaining professional ethics is also visible in the institute’. Asserting that the institute was lagging behind in terms of infrastructure and equipment, and not in terms of talents, he said that the government is trying to provide all necessities and informed that efforts are on to inaugurate the boys and girls hostel and hand it over to the institute before June 30. Expressing the need for an engineering cell in the institute, he stressed that ‘the present government is mission oriented and very much committed to public welfare and bringing positive changes in all sectors, be it in education, tourism or health, e