KSU seeks health minister’s intervention for speedy completion of SMC

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaSeptember 29, 2021

The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) on Wednesday sought the intervention of the Minister in-charge Health & Family Welfare James K Sangma for speedy completion of the Shillong Medical College.

“The union urges your swift intervention to expedite the work for completion of the Shillong Medical College which would cater to the aspiration of the ever increasing number of students in the medical field,” Chairman of the KSU Education Cell Raymond Kharjana said in a memorandum to Sangma.

He said the non-completion of the Shillong Medical College till date since its foundation in 2017 at Reid Chest hospital, Mawbah, Shillong by the then state government and which was  subsequently shifted to another site located at Umsawli, New Shillong is very disheartening and shows lack of commitment on the part of the government.

Kharjana said the union had time and again repeatedly expressed its feeling of dejection and dismay over the slow and sluggish effort and urge for speedy completion of the Shillong Medical College.

He also expressed concern over the awarding of development work of the Shillong Medical College to the Kolkata based firm, Kali Pradip Choudhuri (KPC) despite the firm possessing a tainted image in tax evasion in and outside the country.

According to him, the union had also recently apprised the then health ministers on the need to revisit the agreement signed with the firm currently responsible for development work.