PANAJI
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar onTuesday demanded the state government come clean on its plans to administer afive-day course of ivermectin.
“Who prescribed Ivermectin 12 mg tablets to Health Ministerfor prophylaxis treatment to Goans? Did he obtain approval from the PrimeMinister's Office or the Union Health Ministry? Is the treatment approved bythe World Health Organisation? Chief Minister Pramod Sawant must clarifyimmediately,” Chodankar said.
Congress has challenged the BJP government to put out allthe facts in the public domain so that Goans can make a well-informed choice.
“Is this another mission of the Health Minister of doingbusiness from people’s sickness?” questioned Chodankar.
He also recalled how the Ayush Ministry had distributed somehomoeopathic tablets to the people claiming that those tablets will boostimmunity and keep Coronavirus at bay. “Now, when the second wave has hit thenation, BJP government must tell the people what happened to their claim,” theGPCC president said.
Additionally, President of Goa Pradesh Youth Congress AdvVarad Mardolkar has demanded that Covid treatment in private hospitals be madefree and has also urged the government to extend the days of treatment, whichhas been brought down to ten days under the Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana.
Mardolkar said that the Goa government needs to increase theslab of insurance under DDSSY. “Some patients may require more than 10 days torecover from the disease. Hence, the government should think over this andincrease the days of treatment so the patients will not have to pay from theirpockets if they get admitted for more than 10 days,” he said.
