For years, patients from Arunachal Pradesh had to board flights to Delhi just to get a kidney transplant. That journey may now be a thing of the past. On September 28, Chief Minister Pema Khandu announced that the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) in Itanagar had successfully performed the state’s very … Read more
For anyone who has ever visited a remote health centre in Arunachal Pradesh and found it plunged in darkness — a broken generator, no grid connection, medicines sitting unrefrigerated — this news will feel long overdue. On Wednesday, September 23, Health and Family Welfare Minister Biyuram Wahge officially launched the state-level rollout of the Energy … Read more
For a hospital that sees hundreds of patients walk through its doors every day, not having a blood bank on-site is the kind of gap that costs lives. That gap is now on its way to being filled. On Saturday, Arunachal Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Minister Biyuram Wahge, joined by Namsai MLA Zingnu Namchoom, … Read more
When a woman walked into the Monigong Primary Health Centre in Arunachal Pradesh’s Shi-Yomi district seeking emergency care, she found what many in the region have quietly feared for years — an absent staff and a facility that could not deliver when it mattered most. A Desperate Visit, An Empty Centre The incident, which has … Read more
