<span style="color: #222222;">In Manipur, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh today inaugurated a 10 bedded ICU Ward and Tele ICU Hub at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) Imphal. The newly inaugurated Tele ICU will be supported at District Hospitals and Community Health Centres of different districts. The patients being treated at Intensive Care Units of District Hospitals and other Tele ICU supported hospitals will be able to access observation by specialist doctors through the Tele ICU Hub set up at JNIMS.<br />''<br />''JNIMS will act as the teleconsultation hub. It will share expertise and provide handling support to the doctors in District Hospitals in the delivery of critical care services in rural areas.<br />''<br />''Speaking at the inaugural function, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh lauded the team of 10 Bed ICU projects for taking up such a useful initiative to provide humanitarian service to the people. He added that the Tele ICU would help address, to some extent, the problem faced due to the shortage of specialist doctors at health centres of different districts.<br />''<br />''He said that health should be the first priority and there shouldn't be any compromise on the quality of equipment procured for use in hospitals and health centres. He stressed the need to perform our duties sincerely, maintaining our professional integrity and ethics.<br />''<br />''Mentioning that doctors and nurses are not less than God to their patients, he appealed to them to freely come up with their grievances, if any, but not resort to any form of disturbance to their humanitarian service for patients.</span><br />