Citizens don’t find tattered banners at NHAK appealing

Our Correspondent
Kohima, May 7 (EMN): Banners containing information related to Covid-19 that have been on display at the Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) for months now might have helped the visitors in one way or the other and they are no doubt effective tools for creating awareness but some citizens think that it’s time to pull them down as they are tattered.  

Citing that people from within the state as well as neighbouring states come to the hospital for medical treatment and other purposes, a citizen said that it is not appealing and described the manner in which the banners have displayed as “shabby and unorganised”.

“Presentation is also a necessity for people to see that it (Covid-19) is a serious disease,” the person said, adding that ‘the authority does not care about proper setting up of such posters with useful information’.

“Many people think that government hospitals take less care than private hospitals, so they rush to private facilities even if they are costly,” a citizen observed. “I believe with good and presentable posters, people will be even encouraged mentally,” the person added.

It may be mentioned NHAK was converted into a Covid-19 hospital and subsequently installed a biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) laboratory in the wake of pandemic outbreak last year.

The installation of a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plant and construction of a tertiary cancer care centre are currently underway at the facility.