Medicines should be made available and affordable for the people in the country, says Dr Kh Sasheekumar Mangang, director of health services, Manipur, on World Pharmacists Day 2022.
Our Correspondent Imphal, Aug. 16 (EMN): World Hepatitis Day was widely observed considering its impact on the public health sector in Manipur on Tuesday. The state level function was held at state run Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) Porompat in Imphal East district. Manipur Health & Information Public Relations Minister Dr. Sapam Ranjan Singh along with Director (Health services) Dr. Kh Sasheekumar Mangang, Project Director H Roshita Devi of Manipur State AIDS Control Society (MSACS), Director (JNIMS) Dr. L Deben Singh attended the occasion as president and guests of honour respectively. The theme for this year’s observation is, ‘Bringing Care Closer to you-Hepatitis Can’t Wait.’ Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ranjan while citing on the need to spread awareness about Hepatitis disease and its infection, said that majority of the people do not have the idea of the infectiousness and effects of the disease. He said that a cohesive effort is required f