Health & Family Welfare Minister, Ampareen Lyngdoh today laid a foundation stone for the upgrade of Sawsymper Sub- Centre to the Sawsymper Primary Health Centre.
Speaking at the function, Lyngdoh said that the government is committed to ensuring better health services to the people of the region and the PHC is a testimony to the efforts to make quality healthcare accessible to the people both in urban and rural areas as well.
The minister assured the people that the government will provide all support relating to manpower, equipment and accommodation for doctors and staff.
She thanked all the stakeholders involved in making the dream a reality for the people of Sawsymper and its adjoining areas and urged them to keep on working diligently and to maintain teamwork in order to provide the best health services to the public.
She further urged the headmen of all the villages to work hand in hand with the department and also said that the department have some expectation that they should fulfil, like the signing and handing over of land with the village.
Mawsynram MLA, Ollan Singh Suin thanked the minister for standing by the people of the constituency by fulfilling their needs.
DHS (MI) Dr R Lyngdoh, DMHO East Khasi Hills District Dr S.A Lyngdoh and other officers of the department were also present at the programme.