Overview
- Police said a crowd stormed the RIMS campus on September 21, vandalised property and assaulted Dr Ch Pritamkumar Singh, who was rescued and is now stable in the Trauma ICU.
- Relatives blamed medical negligence for the deaths of 35-year-old Chingshubam Ongbi Manju during a caesarean and 50-year-old Yambem Sanjoy soon after discharge, triggering the unrest.
- TAMOA, backed by RDA and other RIMS bodies, has halted OPD, emergency care, routine surgeries and post-mortems indefinitely until arrests are made and workplace safety is guaranteed.
- The Indian Medical Association’s Manipur branch will suspend routine services statewide from 6 a.m. September 23 to 6 a.m. September 24 across government and private facilities, including diagnostic centres.
- Additional police have been deployed and investigations are underway, with RIMS maintaining care for admitted patients as the shutdown strains access at Manipur’s lone Union-run medical institute.