Paritosh Chakma
THE MIZORAM Chakma Development Forum (MCDF), a social
organization working for the development of rural areas in Mizoram, has
launched an online petition at www.change.org to get a rural primary health
centre (PHC) start functioning. This particular PHC at Borapansury village,
near India-Bangladesh border, within CADC in Lawngtlai district of Mizoram has
been defunct for the last 20 years, it is said.
The online petition calls upon the Minister of Health and
Family Welfare of Mizoram, Lalrinliana Sailo to immediately appoint doctors and
staff at this rural primary heath centre. Recently, Mr Sailo had confirmed in
the Mizoram Assembly that no doctor is posted at Borapansury PHC but he failed
to initiate any further action on this.
Many people, mostly the poorest who cannot go to towns to
receive medical care, die in this area each year due to lack of basic
healthcare facilities. If functional with doctors, staff and medicines, the
Borapansury PHC can cater to a neighbourhood of 17 villages having a combined
population of more than 12,000 tribal people, MCDF’s petition claims.
The online petition,launched on Friday, quickly received 42
signatures. The petition is available at https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/health-minister-mizoram-appoint-doctors-and-staff-at-borapunsary-phc
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