PANAJI: The Chief Minister’s Office has rebutted reports that he was not responding to treatment and that he would be returning to India to complete his treatment at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai calling them false and baseless.
In a brief statement, Rupesh Kamat, the personal secretary to the Chief Minister has said that the Chief Minister “in the US is responding well to the treatment”.
“Reports of him returning to Lilavati, Mumbai for treatment are false and baseless,” the statement said.
The Chief Minister is undergoing treatment at the Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Centre in the US even as he continues to monitor the situation in Goa through remote control.
The Chief Minister was reported to have expressed his desire to make a brief visit to India including Goa, in between his treatment.
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