Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh on Thursday informed that she would conduct an inspection to the MCH hospital at Parila village in Ri Bhoi District on May 8.
A delegation of the Hynniewtrep Integrated Territorial Organization (HITO) Ri Bhoi District and Dorbar Shnong of Parila village had met and requested her intervention to make the MCH hospital at the village.
Speaking to reporters, Lyngdoh said she has also invited Congress MLA Celestine Lyngdoh and Nongpoh MLA Mayralborn Syiem, who is the adviser in the health department, to be present during the inspection.
“I hope I will be able to attend to the important facility that has been used as a Covid centre and used as a quarantine centre. So we will go and we will see and until that time I hope I will do all my homework before May 8,” she said.
Stating that there was some issue related to staff, she said, “I don’t know whether posts have been created and sanctioned or interviews have been conducted. We will have to look at the HR allocation but with the NHM in place, I am sure we will be able to run it adequately so let us wait and see what information I gather before the actual inspection.”
When asked, Lyngdoh said she will send a team of officials to inspect across the state and submit a report on non-functional health centres.
“I will take that report sometime in the first week of May and accordingly we will try to address the shortfalls and accordingly we will try to ensure that we upgrade or make all such facilities operational and it is a humongous task as I have to go across the state to check these centres,” she said.
“So we will begin with Parila and we will see where we go next and I am determined to make a difference and I will try my best. We must make sure that if facilities have been raised they should be operational,” she added.