Assam: Nine staffers of Dima Hasao PHC suspended for ‘negligence’

SILCHAR: Nine employees, including a doctor, of a government-run health facility in Assam’s Dima Hasao district have been suspended for “negligence” after a video of a woman bleeding due to labour pain went viral on the social media.
The Khepre PHC falls under the Maibang sub-division, about 85km from Haflong town.
A shocking video that has been making the rounds on the social media since Sunday shows a woman bleeding at the health centre which was closed. As per available information, the woman, who belongs to Khepre village, was taken to the health centre but surprisingly it was closed. The woman, as the video shows, bled in front of the health centre’s entrance.
The suspended employees are Dr Jesy Nianthianzo Suantak, medical officer, MBBS, pharmacists Mustak Ahmed and SR Laskar, ANMs Usha Langthasa and Neijahat Changsan, GNMs Khismai Langthasa and Niljounem Lhoujem and Grade-IV staff Pronen Longmailai and Ginkhopao Changsan.