Manipur CM turns down reports of shortage of sterilised instruments at JNIMS

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday denied reports about the lack of sterilised surgical instruments at the state-run Jawaharlal Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) here. Biren came out with the clarification on Thursday's reports, carried by a section of the local media, during the Zero Hour at the ongoing Assembly session.

According to the reports, a patient who was to undergo an appendix operation at JNIMS had to be transferred to another hospital, after sterilised surgical instruments were found to be unavailable at the state-owned medical facility. Biren said the person was "discharged and went to another hospital, due to a long queue of patients waiting for operations," an official release said. The Manipur government also said an official inquiry has found no shortage of such instruments at the JNIMS.