As the ethnic strife worsens in violence-hitManipur, theRegional Institute of Medical Sciences(RIMS), Imphal, has sent an SOS to the Union Health ministry, urging authorities to facilitate 29 medical students in UG and PG classes inMeghalayaand Assam, saying the situation was not conducive for them to return to class in the roiled state.
These tribal students fled Imphal during the violence and feared returning andRIMS Imphalconveyed to the ministry that alternate arrangement of classes in the institute or in other institutes in the state may not be feasible.
In a letter to joint secretary (NE) of health ministry on Friday, RIMS deputy director (admin) Naorem Indrakumar Singh said the classes of UG and PG students resumed in RIMS Imphal since May 22, but 29 UG and PG students (17 MBBS UG, six BDS UG and six PG students) are now unable to attend classes/duties due to the prevailing unrest.
The deputy director said alternate arrangement of classes in RIMS Imphal or in any institute of the Manipur government may not be feasible and sought the ministry’s intervention in making alternative arrangements outside the state, including seeking permission from the NMC for the affected students to continue their study in NEIGRIHMS in Shillong, six BDS UG students in Regional Dental College in Guwahati and six PG students at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital or another institutes.