Meghalaya High Court directs NEIGRIHMS to find solution and talk with the Cardiology Department

A Correspondent

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday has directed the Medical Superintendent of North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) to hold a meeting with the Cardiology Department and immediately work out a solution so that right from Thursday, surgeries as per scheduled are being carried out.

The division bench of the High Court was continuing its hearing on the miscellaneous public interest litigation (PIL) filed by senior lawyer SP Mahanta who sought the court’s intervention to end the crisis in the premier institute.

“We further direct that the Chief Secretary of the State of Meghalaya shall depute an Additional Chief Secretary to head the meeting which shall be held tomorrow in NEIGRIHMS itself. In the meeting, Director NEIGRIHMS, Head of Department Cardiology Department, Dr Animesh Mishra, Medical Superintendent, NEIGRIHMS shall participate and in addition thereto, a representative from the Ministry of Health shall also participate,” The High Court stated in its order.

The Court also directed that a representative of Amrit Pharmacy shall also be included and a long term solution to all the issues shall be worked out so that the situation as it is at present may not rise again in future.

“Whatever decision taken by the Committee shall be implemented and report be submitted to this Court on Monday,” the High Court said.

Earlier, the division bench of the High Court reminded that NEIGRIHMS, a premier institution is supposed to take care of the health sector of the state of Meghalaya and other inhabitants of the neighbouring states.

“We are dismayed to hear that the patients in the Cardiology Department in view of the present difficulties are suffering and some patients have requested to refer them to some other hospitals,” the High Court said.

According to the Court they were given to understand that the material made available under Amrit Scheme is not accepted to the Cardiology Department which is not a fact even as it stated that the fact of the matter as emerged from their respective submission is that surgical material in quantity and quality is not made available so as to help the Cardiology Department to carry out its day to day work including emergency surgeries.

“Director, as well as HOD, have their own limitations but at the same time both have to join hands so as to see that people will not lose trust in functioning of NEIGRIHMS,” the High Court added.

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