Imphal, Sept 28 nnn: N. Sobita Devi, a victim of June 18, 2001 incident got a new lease of relief when she was presented with an artificial limb which was provided by the groups of Padma Medicare and Padma Diagnostic Centre, in collaboration with the All Clubs Organisation and Meira Paibi (ACOAM) Lup.
On June 18, 2001 18 lives were claimed in the anti-cease fire agitation in Imphal.
It may be mentioned that N. Sobita Devi, a resident of Porompat had lost one of his limb in the incident when she was allegedly hit by stray of bullets from the security personnel.
Today’s reception programme was held at Classic Hotel here today with the presence of staffs and members of the organising committees.
Addressing the programme, Dr. Ashangbam Vivekananda Singh, Managing Director of Padma Medicare stated that communication gaps between doctors and patients in the state need to be fill up and echoed that there is a need of inculcating the communication skills of doctors in dealing with tense patients.
“Apart from curing patients we also need to cure the society itself,” he added.
Dr Ashangbam Vivekananda Singh further said that a doctor’s success should be the patient’s satisfaction.
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