It was 16th October 2014 when I joined the State Health service as a Medical Officer. I was posted at Behiang PHC and it was my first posting as a professional medical officer. Along with the minimal staff posted there, we stationed ourselves at Behiang on 20th Oct 2014. There, I saw the plight of the people because the hospital has been abandoned and inactive for many years. After renovating the infrastructures and re-organizing the medical equipments to fit the condition of the hospital, the team started providing Out Patient Service with no supply of medicine.
Needless to say, the delivery of primary health care in the most interior part of the country is complex and challenging. As an incharge medical officer of the PHC, I took to this matter seriously and held series of meetings and discussions with my fellow doctors, staffs, village chiefs, local church leaders, local organizations and other like-minded individuals. As a result of the discussions, we started to seek the help of local representatives like the Autonomous District Council Members, Members of Legislative Assembly and contractors working in the area.
And on 16th Nov. 2014, respected Director of Manipur Health Service Sir Dr O. Ibomcha visited the health center and felt the need for its upgradation to meet the increasing number of patients. The hospital was then gradually become functional for 24X7 and is now equipped with all the necessary equipments like Generator &Ultrasound machine making it to be the first of its kind in history amongst PHC located in hills .It has indeed become a huge challenge and we never dreamt of coming this far. Working at this peripheral end made us realized that these bordering villages along Indo-Myanmar international boundary solely depend on our PHC for all kinds of health services. Moreover, the past data and reports shows high maternal and child mortality rate mainly due to poor health facility and inefficient transportation.
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