Meghalaya CM inaugurates MRI facility at Nazareth Hospital

SHILLONG, AUG 23: Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday inaugurated the MRI facility at Nazareth Hospital, Shillong.

Speaking on the occasion, Sangma thanked the Nazareth Hospital and the entire staff for their services in the health sector especially for the people from the economically challenged section. “It’s a great service that Nazareth Hospital has been providing and I would want to put on record my sincere appreciation to Nazareth Hospital and I am sure that today having an MRI here that it will be a huge step towards providing proper diagnostic service and allowing people to have this kind of an MRI here in Shillong rather than having to travel to different locations,” he said.  
He also said that the health sector and the social sectors in the state have been one of the biggest challenges for the state. “Health sector has been one of the more challenging areas that we had to work with because of numerous problems that we had but in the last five years we have been working from a very holistic point of view of looking at the entire health and making interventions at different sections so that we are able to improve the health sector in the state,” he added.

The Chief Minister further added that the approach of the government in the health sector is not only limited to health and wellness services but is looking at the health sector from the life cycle point of view. “We are very keen to ensure that we need to keep a tab and intervene right from the time a child is conceived till the child attains early adulthood,” he said.

He stated that intervention at every stage of life is important and not only when an individual becomes sick.
The MRI machine was funded Rs 25 lakhs from CMSDF and the Chief Minister announced an additional 25 lakhs. “The MRI facility here at Nazareth Hospital will greatly benefit the people especially those from the rural areas therefore I am happy to announce an additional assistance of Rs 25 lakhs so that the people of our State can derive maximum benefits without having to travel to different places for an MRI,” he concluded.