Babina Hospital : Health destination Other face of Manipur

The other face of Manipur and perhaps this is what gives hope to the place and her people. If nothing associated with the Government seems to be working, Manipur at least have the comfort of knowing that there are some folks who are ready to think out of the box and come up with ideas and works which stand to benefit the people no end. In this list of works is the 200 bedded multi-specialty Babina Hospital which today stands tall as a place which is there to tend to the sick and in some cases give a sense of dignity to any patient who may be at the terminal stage of the disease from which he or she is suffering. Healthcare is the new mantra in many parts of the world today and the emergence of yet another hospital which can go a long way in addressing the needs of the sick and ailing can be the proverbial silver lining amid the cloud, dust and wail of the human tragedy that has come to define Manipur since the evening of May 3, 2023. This is where Manipur needs to acknowledge the man behind Babina, a name which has become synonymous with healthcare. From the diagnostic centre at RIMS Road and near JN Hospital, to the Cancer Hospital at Khabeisoi to now the 200 bedded, multispecialty Hospital at Khabeisoi, Babina is today synonymous with taking care of the health needs of the people. Come to think about it, Manipur has made rapid strides in the healthcare sector and names such as Shija Hospitals, Advanced Hospital, Raj Medicity, Mother Care Hospital etc are some names that come to mind and to just cite two examples-the services provided by these healthcare centres during the time of the Covid pandemic and during the earlier days of the ethnic clash must still be fresh in the minds of many. The coming up of a new hospital, complete with all the works of providing worldclass healthcare should also be understood beyond the concrete structure that stands as the hospital but also in giving a new definition to the understanding of treating and taking care of the sick and in some cases the dying. This is where one needs to understand healthcare beyond just the doctors but also the nurses and the healthworkers including the ambulance drivers and the helpers whose primary duty is it to keep the hospital neat and clean. The non-health workers, but whose role in running a hospital should also be acknowledged such as the technicians, the men and women who take the sonography, those who operate the CT Scan and X-Ray machines, the men and women at the blood bank who may not exactly come within the understanding of doctors and nurses etc. In short all the men and women who go on to  be part of the team which provide or help to deliver healthcare to the patients.
It is only right that people too reciprocate and treat all hospitals as the place to heal and give dignity to the sick, the ailing and perhaps the last resting place of a patient who may be at the terminal stage of any disease that he or she is suffering from. The understanding of a hospital should be clear and in as much as it is a place to take care of the sick and the dying, it is only right that the people too reciprocate in the same spirit and respect the sanctity of the institute. Courtesy, the comfort that comes once a sick man or a woman is taken to a hospital, the hope that comes to the sick man or woman, in fact everything that is associated with life and good health cannot come from the bricks and concrete that make up the physical structure of a hospital but from the living, breathing, moving health workers, starting from the doctors and the nurses. With its long association in the healthcare sector, Babina Hospital will not be found wanting in these attributes and it is only right that the people too reciprocate in a manner that befits the values on which the hospital stands. It is with a reason why this observation has been made and the stress on the need to reciprocate must be understood beyond how patients and patient parties respond to any development within the hospital that may not be to their liking. It would also be in the fitness of things for healthcare providers to look beyond Manipur and strive to make the State as one of the more favoured destinations of those seeking medical assistance. Why not strive to make Manipur the medical capital of the North East region of India ? Next in line should be to see if Manipur can emerge as the Kota of the region to groom young aspirants to crack NEET, JEE and other competitive examinations. This is how human resources should be understood.