IMPHAL, Oct 14: Zeliangrong Youth Front, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland (ZYF-AMN) has expressed disappointment on the absence of doctors in the Public Health Centres of Tousem and Tamei sub-divisions, said a press release.
In a press release, the ZYF-AMN has stated that it is unimaginable to think that not a single doctor is posted at PHSCs or PHCs of the most health care needed places like Tousem and Tamei sub-divisions.
The failure of the State government to device a mechanism to deal the ineffectiveness of the system has rendered the common people suffer like a wounded animal in the jungle and the plight of the people of Tamenglong district particularly Tousem and Tamei sub-divisions and other interior parts in different sub-divisions of the entire district has been completely neglected intentionally and deliberately in several spheres, added ZYF-AMN in the press release.
ZYF-AMN further stated in the press release that there is a reason for the doctors reluctant to stay at their respective place of posting, as there is absence of vehicle or ambulance for PHSCs or PHCs, along with no appropriate or suitable quarter, which are basic requirements, and the State Government should prioritise on a policy to provide incentives to doctors who are deputed to hills and far flung remote areas, apart from normal facilities and provisions.
The root cause of backwardness and underdevelopment of all the sub-divisions in Tamenglong district is due to complete failure in road connectivity which is vital for transportation and communication and keeping Tamenglong district under the administration of Manipur Government may never let the people of the district see the light of the day, therefore, the only measures to bail out the people of the district would be to keep the district under direct administration of Central Government for some specific years in some important sector such as health care, education, road connectivity, communication and others, stated AMN-ZYF in the press release.