GUWAHATI, JULY 11: Nine employees, including a doctor, of a government-run primary health centre (PHC) 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 social media.
The Khepre primary health centre falls under Maibang sub-division in Dima Hasao district, about 85 km from Haflong town.
Shocking video that surfaced on social media showed a woman bleeding due to labour after the health centre she approached remained closed.
Sources said the woman, who hails from Khepre village, was taken to the health Centre, which was surprisingly closed. The woman, later identified as Monjita Sengyung, was in labour and bled in front of the health centre’s entrance.
She later gave birth to a boy (weight – 2.4 kilograms) and was safe. Following the incident, an order was issued on Sunday by the joint director of health services, Dima Hasao district, Dr. Kalpana Kemprai regarding the suspension of the nine employees of the health centre.
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.