HC notice to Meghalaya Govt

 SHILLONG, Feb 5 Taking note of the ‘unhygienic condition’ at the Meghalaya Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Science (MIMHANS), the Gauhati High Court has issued a notice to the Meghalaya Government.

A division bench comprising Justice J Chelameswar and Justice AC Upadhyay issued the notice on Friday after hearing a PIL filed by one Siddhartha Shankar Dey.

Around 300 inmates of the MIMHANS, located at Mawlai here, were suffering due to lack of infrastructure and water supply for the past three months, the PIL submitted.

The court gave seven days’ time to the Meghalaya Health department to explain its position on the PIL.

The superintendent of the government-run institute, M Raphlang admitted before reporters today that water was not adequate in the hospital campus.

She, however, maintained that the hospital was a temporary arrangement, and it will be shifted to a permanent campus where all the basic facilities will be made available