MAPUSA
The initial steps for reconstruction of a new PHC building in Candolim was taken on Tuesday and if all goes well the new and bigger PHC will be in place at the same site by 2025.
Calangute MLA Michael Lobo said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has given a go ahead to the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) to float a tender for the new building of the PHC in Candolim.
Lobo also said that the present building is in dilapidated condition and the limited available space restricted the movement of patients at the centre.
Lobo along with Candolim Sarpanch Blaize Fernandes, and a team of officials of the GSIDC, TCP and the Directorate of Health Services visited the health centre on Tuesday and discussed the modalities of constructing a new building at the existing site.
Incidentally, the foundation for the construction of the annexe to the Candolim PHC was laid in 2020.
The GSIDC was entrusted to take up the construction work of the project at the estimated cost of Rs 20 crore.
The PHC is presently catering to seven villages, including Candolim and Calangute.
“Although the foundation stone was laid three years ago the work was held up due to the Covid outbreak. The government is aware about the condition of the PHC and therefore the CM has given a green signal to the GSIDC to float the tender which was pending for various issues,” Lobo said.
He said the GSIDC and other departments had some difficulty to start work on the project which has been cleared now.
“The file on the project was moving from one department to the other with notings but nothing happened on the ground. The CM had asked to bring everyone on one table to clear the doubts,” he said.
He said the new PHC will be a big project with ground plus one structure.
“Various OPDs, consulting rooms for doctors, departments of radiology, pathology lab etc will be made available in the new centre,” he said.
