Manipur govt. appeals for registration of birth and death amid refugee influx
Imphal: Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths of the Directorate of Health Services, Manipur has urged the people of Manipur to ensure registration of every birth and death.
The appeal and government’s initiative came at a time when over 12,000 Myanmar nationals are seeking refugees in different camps across the border districts of Churachandpur, Kamjong, Tengnoupal, Ukhrul, Ukhrul and Kangpokpi owing to various reasons.
Highlighting the importance of birth registration in a leaflet issued by the directorate, several points like providing first legal identity proofs like birth certificate, Aadhaar card, ration card, voter card, employment card, marriage registration, and various benefits under Social Welfare and Health Department are mentioned.
It further helps in providing conclusive proof of age to help protect each child from any kind of violence, abuse, and exploitation like cases of early marriage and child labour.
It also helps in securing the inheritance of property rights for women within the families.
Helping to protect migrants and refugee children who came from the separation of families, trafficking, and other illegal adoption cases were further mentioned as important benefits of Birth Registration.
The importance of registering the name of stillbirth and death registration will provide main sources of accurate information on the mortality rate, and causes of its death and will help the state in proper health planning.
Things like death registration will surely serve as a legal record required for any type of settlement of inheritance, insurance claims, and benefit schemes under various departments.
Registration in valley districts for institutional births and deaths in public health facilities, one could register at the respective place of occurrence of the event.
In case of births and deaths at home/private hospitals/in transit for urban municipality areas; it has to be registered at the concerned registration units under MAHUD.
For births and deaths at home/private hospitals/in transit for rural Nagar Panchayat areas, it have to be registered at the concerned registration units under RD and PR.
Likewise for births and deaths at Hill District headquarters, one can register at the office of the Medical Superintendent of the District Hospital irrespective of the place of occurrence of the event.
In case of birth and death beyond Hill District headquarters, registration can be done at the office of the MO in charge of the concerned CHC/PHC.
For an efficient and resilient Government in Manipur, the Directorate of Health Services, Manipur has urged the citizens of the state to avail these facilities.