Chief Minister of Manipur, Okram Ibobi Singh has appealed the medical fraternity of the state to create Manipur a favourable destination for medical tourists in the northeastern region. Addressing the gathering at the inaugural ceremony of JNIMS auditorium hall, Porompat here today, the CM said that if the state is facing various economic problems due to limited resources, we need to focus on health sector as a top priority.
The dream of the people of Manipur is to have a premier medical institute to cater the patients from inside and outside the state, said Ibobi while appealing the doctors to dedicate in their service.
The Chief Minister further added that the condition of the casualty department of Ukhrul district was restructured immediately after seeing that the condition. He had advice the concern department to develop the casualty.
He also assured to construct quarters for doctors of the state-run hospital at its Porompat campus in order to render their service without any disturbance during emergencies. Another concern for the state is power, said the CM, while adding that without power it would be impossible to successfully run the hospital activities.
Chief Secretary of Manipur, O Nabakishore Singh while speaking on the occasion said that the construction work of the 16.07 Crore auditorium has been completed way ahead of the schedule time of completion.