Removal of NEIGRIHMS Director, not a new issue: Meghalaya Health Minister
"This is a pending issue not a new issue, The governing body already took a decision last year to remove the Director this is not a new issue. How it will affect COVID-19," Hek asked.;

Shillong - Meghalaya Health and Family Welfare Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek recently said the decision to remove Prof (Dr) D. M. Thappa as Director of North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) Director, was nothing new.
"This is a pending issue not a new issue, The governing body already took a decision last year to remove the Director this is not a new issue. How it will affect COVID-19," Hek asked.
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"Whoever takes charge of NEIGRIHMS they will have to fight the pandemic and it is a continuing process," the Health Minister added.
On Saturday, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued an order directing Prof ( Dr ) Thappa to return to his parent institute Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry.
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