Chief executive member (CEM) of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) Pyniaid Sing Syiem has assured to immediately write to the authority of the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) on the council’s decision not to issue trading license to a contractor engaged by the institute as per Trading by Non-Tribal Regulation 1954.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma informed on Thursday that the police are actively pursuing the culprits behind the incident that led to the death of a house construction laborer in Mawlai Mawroh on Wednesday.
In response to recent news revealing a case of alleged medical negligence at NEIGRIHMS Hospital, resulting in the death of a 23-year-old on Tuesday, Medical Superintendent Prof. C Daniala refuted the allegation on Thursday stating the patient had been suffering from multi-drug resistant tuberculosis for an extended period.
The North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) is once again under scrutiny for alleged medical negligence following the death of a 23-year-old patient being treated at the hospital from unknown causes on January 23.
On the occasion of International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2023, Dr. Amar Jyoti Patowary, Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at NEIGRIHMS Shillong, was conferred with the prestigious Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Medico-legal Experts (IAMLE).
The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) on Wednesday asked the authority of the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) to allow local indigenous candidates to write their examination in the State as was opted by them.
The Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) has successfully performed a surgery to address a rare cardiac anomaly known as Vieussens’ Ring with Coronary Artery Disease.
In yet another medical feat involving complex surgery, the doctors at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) successfully conducted a total laparoscopic hysterectomy with fluorescence imaging technique for sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping using indocyanine green (ICG) with 4K camera platform on a 74-year-old woman who was diagnosed with obesity, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and early stage endometrial cancer.
