Shillong, Sept. 25 -- The Hynniewtrep Integrated Territorial Organisation (HITO), a pressure group in Meghalaya, today claimed that the government-run Shillong Civil hospital has becomea "nodal point" for drug peddlers and are operating inside and outside the hospital premise.
"Shillong Civil hospital has become a nodal point for drug peddlers, operating openly day and night. Not only inside the hospital but even outside its gates, peddlers and customers freely carry out their trade under the very nose of the authorities," HITO President, Donbok Dkhar said.
Dkhar said the much-publicised Drug Reduction, Elimination and Action Mission (DREAM) project has remained just that - a dream - while alcohol and substance abuse have spread into ever...