Shillong, Aug 25: Union minister for statistics and programme implementation, D.V. Sadananda Gowda today visited the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), and directed officials and engineers not to compromise the quality of construction of a regional cancer centre, medical college building, hostel and nursing college at the institute.
NEIGRIHMS is located at Mawdiangdiang about 10 km from here.
Gowda who was accompanied by Meghalaya’s Rajya Sabha MP, Wansuk Syiem, inspected the construction work which is going on at the institute.
Interacting with authorities, site engineers and officials of the construction company HSCC, the minister asked them to ensure that quality of construction should not be compromised at any cost.
The minister also visited various departments of the hospital and interacted with doctors and patients about the kind of services available at the hospital.
He also lauded the efforts put in by officials and doctors and expressed his satisfaction over the services available at the hospital and cleanliness being maintained in and around the institute.
“It is appreciable that a medical institute of this stature is being set up and run at Shillong overcoming all challenges”, he said.
However NEIGRIHMS officials informed the minister of poor road condition and lack of proper water supply scheme at the hospital, to which Gowda requested Syiem to look into the matter for early settlement of the difficulty faced by the institute.
Meghalaya government secretary (planning), B.D.R. Tiwari, however, briefed the minister that work for road connectivity has been taken up by the state government and water supply project for the institute has already been planned which will be carried out at the earliest.
The minister further urged officers of Central and state governments to provide all possible support to central agencies for timely completion of projects.
Later, the minister attended a programme on Swacch Bharat Abhiyan at Umsning village in Ri-Bhoi district.
