No mention of State Hospital in Meghalaya Health Website

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaFebruary 16, 2023

Jowai MLA of NPP Wailadmiki Shylla assured the people of Jowai Constituency that the Jowai Civil Hospital will be upgraded as State Hospital at par with Civil Hospital Shillong and Civil Hospital Tura.

“The Civil Hospital Shillong and Civil Hospital Tura are State Hospital and I will upgrade Jowai Civil Hospital to State Hospital,” said Wailadmiki at a common platform organized by Dorbar Shnong Iawmusiang, Jowai on Thursday.

According to the official website of Meghalaya Health Department meghealth.gov.in, there is no mention of any such State Hospital but merely Government Hospital of 15 numbers set up in various parts of the State.

According to the website, “A district hospital is the major health care delivery system in a certain district or region. It is staffed by medical officers, physicians, surgeons and other specialists, nurses and paramedical personnel. It has beds for indoor patients and for patients requiring intensive care and long term care. It is equipped with an operation theatre, X-ray, labour room and laboratory facilities. The state has district/Civil hospitals at Tura, Jowai, Nongpoh, Williamnagar, Baghmara, Ampati, Khliehriat, Nongstoin and Mairang. All district hospitals have 100 beds (except Tura with 200 no.of beds).

The state also has a mental health hospital and a T.B. hospital, namely, MIMHANS and R.P. Chest hospital. There are three Maternal and Child Health hospitals i.e. Ganesh Das Govt MCH hospital at Shillong, District MCH hospital at Tura and MCH Hospital at Panaliar, Jowai.

The largest hospital with around 600 beds for indoor patients is Civil Hospital Shillong. The hospital caters to patients from different parts of the state as well as patients from Shillong city.”