AIR DISPENSARY TO START SOON IN MANIPUR

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh has announced that an air dispensary will start functioning soon in Manipur. The Central government plans to introduce a helicopter-based Dispensary/OPD service in far-flung and remote areas where no doctor or medical facility is available and patients also do not have access to any medical care. The Chief Minister made the statement in the Manipur Assembly. He said the dispensaries will start functioning soon.

It may be mentioned that in the absence of ambulance or motorable roads in the hilly areas, many times the expectant mothers and physically weak patients in the northeast region are taken in litters to hospitals.