Shillong, May 13: The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) today lock the office of the Director of the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Institute Health Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) Dr DM Thappa and demanded for his immediate removal citing that the institute is not a place to accommodate murderers. This came following the recent passing away of a 52-year-old lady.
Patients have been suffering a lot during the past few weeks due to the standoff between the director and the head of the cardiology department in the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS).
The President of the KSU Mr Lambokstarwell Martngar said that they has closed down the office chamber of the director and demand that the government should immediately remove him from the institute for playing with the lives of the patients.
The student organization said that the director is responsible for the present crisis in the institute, the present director is clear that he is not there to improve the functioning of the premier institute. The action taken is to send a clear message that NEIGRIHMS is not a place to play with the lives of the people, is a place for people who want to save lives.
The KSU also blame the state government for its failure to intervene into the internal problems faced by the institute and to ensure that the patients do not suffer. There is lack of seriousness from part of the state government on the issue. The KSU President said that there has been frequent resignation of doctors ever since this director was appointed.
Later the District Magistrate and the police break the lock and open the office chamber of the director of the NEIGRIMHS.
