No ultra sound machine at RIMS' gynae ward Expectant mothers feel the brunt

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MPHAL, Sep 23: As there is no functioning ultra sound machine in the Obs-tetrics and Gynaecology Department of RIMS Hospital, where over 10,000 pregnant mothers are being admitted for delivery cases in a year, many patients, specially those coming from far flung areas have been facing lots of problems.
Although most of the pregnant mothers do not take the help of ultra sound machines in the past, with advancement in medical science, the doctors have been advising the pregnant mothers to undergo ultra sound test at least thrice during pregnancy.
This is to prevent the pregnant mothers from encountering birth related complication apart from ensuring the well-being of child to be born.
Although there used to an ultra sound machine at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of RIMS, where patients can undergo test by paying a nominal charge, the same has been lying idle for more than four years now. Though the Department has submitted proposals to the authorities of RIMS for installing a new machine, the same is yet to be realised.
It may be noted here that in accordance with the annual report, 2008-09 of RIMS, on an average, every day over 300 patients come to the OPD of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of RIMS and over 45,617 annual.
Furthermore, the total number of patients admitted to the wards of the Department in a year is put at 12,613 and those who undergo major operation at 4,052 and minor operation at 1,355.
Among these patients, 2,557 are emergency cases. The report also mentioned that there were 11,096 delivery cases out of which 8 died during child birth.
Talking to The Sangai Express in connection with non-functioning of the installed ultra sound machine, a senior gynaecologist of RIMS informed that the ultra sound machine lying in the labour room of the Department has not been functioning for five years now and proposals have been submitted repeatedly to the Purchase Committee for procuring a new machine but to no avail. As the ultra sound machine has not been working, patients have been facing lot of difficulties, apart from the problems faced by the doctors.
The senior gynaecologist further informed that it is the normal advice of the doctors to pregnant mothers to take ultra sound test atleast three times right from conception to the delivery stage. This is essential in understanding the position of the foetus.
An ultra sound machine inside the labour room is also a must for spot diagnosis in case of complication during child birth. In fact, there should be atleast two ultra sound machines in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department alone.
It is learnt while the ultra sound machine of the Department was still functio- ning, a nominal fee of Rs 50 used to be charged from a patient and around 15 to 20 patients take
be charged from a patient and around 15 to 20 patients have the ultra sound test on an average daily. Pramodini of Moirang who was found admitting in the antenatal ward of the Department informed that he had taken ultra sound testing thrice, the first two at Babina Clinic and the third one at Imphal Hospital and each test had cost her Rs 350. ‘‘Because of financial constraints in the family, I had to even sell off my cloths to raise the money’’, she disclosed, adding that ultra sound test is something one cannot skip just because there is no money. When contacted an official disclosed that the proposal for a new ultra sound machine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department has already been approved by the Purchase Committee and process is underway for buying a the machine.

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CID scion held with illegal arms

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MPHAL, Sep 23:Son of a serving intelligence department officer has been taken into custody by Imphal West district police after the 29 year old individual was picked up from his Nagamapal Singjubung Leirak residence in late morning today. Accor-ding to a statement issued by SSP (IW) L Kailun ‘at about 11.30 am acting on a credible information, Imphal West district police comman-dos arrested Laishram Sushil Singh s/o L Birendrakumar of Nagamapal Singjubung Leirak serving as a Sub-Inspector in CID(SB), Manipur and recovered 3 (three) small arms and 7 (seven) ammunitions from his unauthorised possession’. Investiga-tion is on, the statement added. Meanwhile, commandos of Thoubal district police conducted frisking and checking at kakching Khunou Lam-khai and apprehended a KYKL cadre namely Irengbam Gitchandra Singh (41) s/o I Jiban Singh of Langjing Achouba at about 10.30 am yesterday, said a statement issued today by the SSP (Thoubal) Clay Khongsai. On questioning the individual reportedly disclosed of being an active member of the KYKL and working in finance Section of the armed organisation.

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A drain built under the NREGS, the locker for villages and inset a beneficiary mom and child

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NREGS given a humane face in Ukhrul

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KHRUL, Sep 23 : The flag ship programme of the UPA Government, the National Rural Employment Genera-tion Scheme, has brought a smile to a number of the rural poor, but Ukhrul district administration has taken a step forward and has given it a more humane face, by forwarding this scheme to the physically challenged people and the result is showing.
Meet AS Pamthingla, a 50 year old woman and mother of a disabled child as well as wife of a man, who has been rendered virtually disabled, after undergoing surgery on the back portion of the neck.
This 50 year old woman, walks with a stoop and cannot straighten up, following an operation on her back.
With her husband, AS Mingthing, unable to work, Pamthingla had to do odd jobs and weave clothes to make ends meet, but after NREGS was implemented in the district in April last year, her condition has improved.
This is all due to the efforts taken up by the district administration to reach out to the disabled persons in the district under NREGS.
At present there are 134 registered disabled persons in Ukhrul district, with Ukhrul district headquarters accounting for 70 of them.
Altogether there are 39,000 NREGS job card holders in the district.
Realising that disabled persons cannot be expected to put in the same amount of work or even take up certain type of work, which are physically challenging, the district administration is seriously studying the modalities utilising the services of the disabled people.
Towards this end, possibilities of employing them in avenues such as looking after the children of the workers, while they work, to prepare and serve tea or in case they are skilled use them for making mats or Moras.
Pamthingla is working under the job card given in the name of her husband, and process is underway to prepare a job card in her own name. Not surprisingly all her co-workers co-operate and no one complains if she is unable to work as much as the other able bodied people.
The extended benefits of NREGS has also touched the life another disabled young lady, 18 year old Peace Raleng.
She makes tea and serves it to the workers, during their break. The district administration is considering giving her a job card too.
Another story is of Peace Raleng, a 48 year old woman. Her husband passed away some time back, and she was left alone to fend for her four children, the eldest of whom is handicapped.
Earlier, before NREGS was implemented in the district, she earned whatever she could by weaving clothes and many a time she had to borrow the raw material for the weaving.
Two of her children had to drop out of school after Class XII, but now after the NREGS came, she has been able to put her youngest child in school, and she is studying in Class IX.
Reaching out to the less fortunate people, is not the only initiative taken up by the district administration.
In a unique move, a locker system has been installed at the SDO office of Ukhrul.
Here all files, documents etc of each village falling under the district are stored in the locker, which is earmarked for each village.
This means greater efficiency and faster disposal of file work.
The district administration has also succeeded in infusing a sense of competition amongst the villagers. All works taken up under the NREGS are studied and compared by a Monitoring Committee. The best work is then selected and the villagers rewarded with due publicity to serve as the model for the others.
Works taken up under NREGS here include digging ponds and harvesting rain water, drainage, roads and plantation of fruit bearing trees.

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