HC directs Neigrihms authorities to start scheduled surgeries

The Meghalaya High Court Wednesday directed the authorities of the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (Neigrihms) to sort out a working formula and start scheduled heart-related surgeries from Thursday.

Acting on a PIL, a division bench of the High Court headed by Chief Justice M Y Mir said, "The medical superintendent shall hold a meeting with the Cardiology department and immediately work out a solution so that right from tomorrow surgeries as per schedule are carried out."