MARGAO
The South Goa district hospital is seriously toying with a proposal to shift the Covid swab collection centre from the hospital to a government owned premises in the city.
Shifting of the swab collection centre from the hospital premises has been mooted by the district hospital officials with a view to stop the chaotic scenes at the hospital when 700-plus people line up every day on an average for swab testing.
Officials pointed out that the situation has affected the expansion of the casualty in the district hospital with the entire space occupied by people coming for swab testing. ‘
'The Goan' understands that the district hospital has discussed the matter with the South Goa district Collector and a decision to this effect is likely to be taken in a day or two. “Once the swab collection centre is shifted out of the hospital building, we can utilize the space to accommodate more patients in the casualty”, informed an official. Presently, the district hospital has capped the number of patients in the casualty to 200 a day.
