Our Correspondent Kohima, Sep. 22 (EMN): With the rising cases of medical negligence reported across the country including Nagaland, the matter was deliberated as a matter of urgent public importance during the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Leader of NPF Legislature Party, Kuzholuzo Nienu, pressed upon the government to bring out the Nagaland Medical Negligence Bill to check medical “malpractices”, which he said, “have been noticeable ever since the establishment of health care facilities in the state”. “The Nagaland Medical Negligence Bill has to be passed by this August house to check Medical Negligence and malpractices for restoring the lost trust and respect in the noble profession and also provide the best possible health care delivery in our state”, Nienu said. Nienu pointed out that a patient generally approaches a doctor/hospital based on his/its reputation. In recent years the healthcare industry has become to be regarded as a profiteering busines
Our CorrespondentKohima, Sep. 20 (EMN): Nagaland minister of Health and Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom, informed that five community health centres (CHC) in the newly created districts are in the process of upgradation to a district hospital besides the existing eleven district hospitals in Nagaland. Pangnyu disclosed this while replying to Kuzholuzo Nienu during an unstarred question on the first day of the 12th session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) in Kohima on Tuesday. Pangnyu also informed that not all the district hospitals are treated as trauma centres except five designated trauma centres namely DH Mon, DH Tuensang, DH Kiphire, DH Dimapur and Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK). He stated that out of the five designated trauma centres, 80% of the construction work at NHAK has been completed while the civil works at District Hospital Dimapur has been completed and awaiting installation of equipment. “The remaining district hospitals have emergency rooms deal
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Our Correspondent Kohima, Sep. 3 (EMN): Minister of Health and Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom on Saturday urged the people to build a robust relationship among each tribe and move forward together as a society. ‘Though people are divided by demarcations, they are united in habits, thoughts, and daily practices,’ he said during the Mongmong festival celebrations at Naga Heritage Village in Kisama. Mongmong festival also coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Sangtam Union Kohima (SUK). Phom, who attended the occasion as special guest, urged the people to carry forward the good legacy beyond borders without ‘ism’, in letter and spirit. ‘Nagas are blessed beyond measure. This is all because of God’s wisdom to our forefathers to have a unique, specific time, devoting and seeking His blessing even in those early days. We are being guided and bestowed with plenty of harvests in everything because of the prayers, and thanksgiving to Almighty God,’ he said. While acknowle