The strike, called by IMA Manipur, AHPI, and IOGS, is a response to the assault on Prof. Ch. Pritamkumar Singh at RIMS Imphal.
BY PC Bureau
September 22 — Healthcare services across Manipur face a severe disruption as doctors escalated their agitation following the assault on Prof. Ch. Pritamkumar Singh, Unit Head of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, RIMS Imphal.
All routine OPDs, elective surgeries, and diagnostic tests at private hospitals, government facilities, home clinics, and diagnostic centres have been suspended from 6 am on September 23 to 6 am on September 24, as per a resolution adopted at an emergency meeting of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Manipur State Branch, AHPI Manipur, Imphal Obstetrics and Gynaecology Society (IOGS), and other medical bodies.
The meeting condemned the “life-threatening assault” on Prof. Pritamkumar on September 21 within the RIMS campus and expressed solidarity with his family, while also extending condolences to the bereaved family of late Chingsubam Manju Devi.
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As part of their intensified stir, doctors will wear black badges in protest and stage a sit-in demonstration in front of the Medical Directorate on September 23 from 9 am to 12 pm. The medical fraternity has also demanded that RIMS authorities immediately lodge an FIR, ensure the arrest of those responsible, and take full responsibility for Prof. Pritamkumar’s ongoing ICU treatment.
This is utterly shameful and horrific to even watch !
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— Dr.Dhruv Chauhan (@DrDhruvchauhan) September 22, 2025
The meeting further resolved to submit a memorandum to the Governor invoking the Manipur Medicare Service Personnel and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act, 2015 and pressing for swift action against the culprits.
In addition, the IMA Manipur branch will appraise its National Headquarters in New Delhi about the attack and seek stronger institutional safeguards to prevent such incidents in the future.
On Monday, doctors at RIMS initiated an indefinite shutdown, halting all OPD, emergency, routine operations, and Periodic Medical Examinations (PME). The Teachers’ and Medical Officers’ Association (TAMOA), affiliated Resident Doctors Association, RIMS Students’ Union (RIMSSU), and Non-Teaching Employees Welfare Association (NTEWA) joined the action. Thousands of outpatients were left without treatment.
The strike was triggered by an irate mob’s attack on Prof. Ch. Pritamkumar at RIMS, following two patient deaths allegedly due to negligence. The first death involved 35-year-old Chingshubam Ongbi Manju of Liling Chajing, Imphal West, after a caesarean section; the second was 50-year-old Yambem Sanjoy of Imphal East, who reportedly died shortly after re-admission.
