IMPHAL, April 20: The meeting of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) presided over by the Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh held at the Cabinet Secretariat warmly welcomed the steps taken by the Government to privatize some hospitals and described them as right steps.
Briefing the media persons regarding the meeting, spokesperson Moirangthem Okendro who is also CAF and PD Minister said that the CLP meeting held today considered the steps being taken up by the government to be right. Three agendas were tabled and discussed at the CLP meeting today which included law and order of the state, development works being taken up by the government and the privatization of particular hospitals.
Though the spokesperson did not disclose elaborately what the CLP meeting discussed and which decisions it took regarding the 1st and 2nd agendas, he clearly spoke to the media persons about the privatization of particular hospitals in the state.
He said that the move for privatization of certain hospitals is to strengthen the health sector of the state and to ensure that more facilities/benefit are provided by the hospitals to the public of the state. Adding that the move for privatization will not be implemented hastily by the Government hastily, the Minister said that things will be taken up under a certain rule.
He added that privatization of some units in the health sector has been introduced and implemented in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andra Pradesh. Those present at the meeting today commented that the campaign launched by the opposition parties regarding the privatization of hospitals is to mislead the public and added that it is not a constructive suggestion.