Manipur govt deputes specialist doctors and other health workers at Foreigners Detention Centre
Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC), Manipur government has taken steps to depute specialist doctors and other health workers at the Foreigners Detention Centre, Sajiwa (Imphal) where 136 foreigners, mostly Myanmarese, have been lodged.
MHRC Chairperson Justice (Retd) Utpalendu Bikas Saha recently visited the place. After the visit to the Superintendent Manipur Central Jail, Sajiwa requested the Director of Manipur Health Services to depute two medical officers, one gynaecologist, two male and two female nurses, a pharmacist and a medical attendant at Foreigners Detention Centre, Sajiwa.
The Foreigners Detention Centre, Sajiwa was set up on February 16 this year and presently 136 foreigners, mostly Myanmar nationals, including 24 women and 6 minors are lodged in the Centre.
The Central Jail Superintendent in his letter to the Health Director said that recently, the Chairperson of MHRC on his visit to this Detention Centre expressed his dissatisfaction with the health care facilities being provided to the inmates at the Detention Centre, specially unavailability specialist Gynaecologist.
Presently, two lady medical officers and one lady staff nurse are posted at the center.
The additional medical officers, specialists and health workers are necessary for smooth management of the Foreigners Detention Centre round the clock (24 x 7) to avoid any unwanted situation related to medical care in the center, the letter pointed out.
Already the Manipur government has stated the process of collecting the biometric data of illegal Myanmar immigrants. The process of capturing the biometric details of illegal Myanmar immigrants started in Manipur on July 29.
