Editor,
One should shout to get heard. If by chance one who has shouted out with good intention is undermined then a lot many things could go wrong. Thanks to the shout of criticism about NEIGRIHMS that gets published every now and again in your daily. The recent article by Patricia Mukhim – “Who Actually Owns NEIGRIHMS?” (ST, May 25, 2018) should serve to caution its management for the good. Or else the anesthesia of complacency might lull it into believing that all is honky dory!
Well, after my previous letter in appreciation of NEIGRIHMS doctors, a good many unhappy souls chose to share their painful stories. Those pains were genuine amidst the sorrowful tears. One has now realized that due to the poor quality of treatment and apparent apathy of some doctors, and also staff, a certain pocket of the public has lost its faith in this health institution. The inadequate medical appliances is a case which needs the serious attention of the NEIGRIHMS management. A very funny instance of a woman weighing 51 kg but shown by the hospital scale as 56kg, as cited by Patricia Mukhim, is not just upsetting but professionally very uncalled for.
This puts the entire population of the Northeast under the cloud of “doubt and mistrust”. Should this case not instantly bring the hospital on rebooting mode? The task of rechecking the accuracy of the entire medical equipment in the hospital laboratories should be undertaken with utmost urgency. Could you imagine how dangerous it is if the faulty instruments are used which give us wrong test reports? Hope that might not have happened in any case in the past! It’s now much expected that the NEIGRIHMS management starts listening to the genuine shouts from the public. Let the lapses not overwhelm the hospital. Let no negligence is tolerated. After all, the hospital belongs to the public and it does not want to see the Health Institute itself ailing in any respect.
Yours etc.,
Salil Gewali,
Shillong-2
MBOSE must buck up
Editor,
Apropos to the letter, “Wanted a robust educational policy” (ST May 28, 2018) by Barnon A Sangma. I completely agree with the writer that our education system needs complete overhauling to be at par with the other Boards. This year’s pass percentage of SSLC examination in our state was 56.76% indicating that more than 40% of the students could not clear their examinations in spite of the adoption of best of five subjects some years back. A report in your daily says that the Executive Chairman of the Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE), Pravin Bakshi says that apart from changing the textbooks the Government is also making sure that the pattern of question setting should be such that it sparks critical thinking and reasoning among students and the ability to comprehend in their own languages. This is a positive step taken by the MBOSE. The percentage of toppers in other Boards crosses 99% but in the MBOSE it remains less than 97%. Granted that over the years the percentage of toppers in MBOSE has shown the kind of progress which needs to be appreciated but when compared to other Boards we are still lagging behind. The textbook is only a medium to pass on information to the students but apart from that, the setting of question papers and evaluation system should be student friendly to enable them to come at par with students of other Boards. The percentage earned by the students matter the most both for job prospects and for getting admission in quality institutes. Hence proper initiatives should be adopted by taking a cue from other Boards with regards to the evaluation system so that students of MBOSE are not deprived of their rights.
Yours etc.,
Anil Singh Roka,
Via email
Blinking power in Tura
Editor,
Since a couple of months there have been numerous power cuts every two minutes in Tura town. Whether its monsoon season or not, it does not make any difference. We appreciate the hard work of the MeECL but I have till date not seen any power cuts like this every two minutes or so in an hour. We the student community are having a really hard time concentrating as it seems like it’s Christmas season where the decoration lights glisten every moment. So, we urge our concerned authority – the Power Department to put in place an efficient technology to address this problem.
Yours etc.,
Dansil N. Sangma,
Via email