Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates new facilities at NEIGRIHMS

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated new facilities at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) including a Regional Cancer Centre and a new Under-Graduate Medical College in Shillong, Meghalaya on Saturday. He laid the Foundation Stone for the Critical Care Block at the Institute.
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said, “Union Government is committed to improving the health infrastructure in the Northeast region and to providing quality healthcare services to the people of the region. The new facilities at NEIGRIHMS will provide much-needed healthcare services to the people of the Northeast region.”
The Union Health Minister also stated that the new facilities at NEIGRIHMS will help to attract and retain medical professionals in the Northeast region. Appreciating the work culture and cleanliness in NEIGRIHMS, he said that the government is committed to further developing infrastructure at NEIGRIHMS so that the institute continues to remain a hub for medical treatment, research & training of healthcare & allied healthcare professionals for the Northeast region.
Dr Mandaviya stated that the Union Govt looks at the Health sector through a holistic approach. “We are not only creating new and advanced medical infrastructure. We are also increasing the number of doctors and nursing staff. In the last nine years, the number of medical colleges has doubled in the country. 1,70,000 Health and Wellness Centres have been created across the country. We are also building one Critical Care unit in every district in the country,” he said.
Prof Nalin Mehta said that the new facilities will vastly improve healthcare facilities in NEIGRIHMS and will lead to an increase in seats for MBBS and B.Sc. Nursing courses in Meghalaya. He further said that with the improvement of medical facilities in the Northeast region, people will not have to go far to other regions of the country for medical treatment.
The new facilities will provide much-needed healthcare services to the people of the Northeast region. The Regional Cancer Centre is a 252-bed state-of-the-art facility that will provide comprehensive cancer care services to patients from across the region. The undergraduate medical college will help in providing undergraduate medical education using state-of-the-art technologies to a batch of 100 MBBS students per year.
The Nursing College will train nurses to meet the growing demand for nursing professionals in the Northeast region. The Hostels have a total of 416 rooms and will provide accommodation to MBBS students and interns. The Modular OT is a state-of-the-art operating theatre in the hospital that will be used for complex surgeries. The New Guest House has a capacity of 28 rooms that will provide accommodation for guests and visitors to NEIGRIHMS.