PANAJI
Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday said a 'Goa Model' encompassing super-speciality treatments within the ambit of public healthcare will take shape which the country will start talking about and emulating in the next six months.
Rane who on Friday kicked off the registration of couples for In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatment free of cost at the Goa Medical College and Hospital's (GMCH) super-speciality block, also took a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's 'Delhi model' public healthcare calling it only "media hype".
"Many times in the area of healthcare, everybody talks of this so-called model called the 'Delhi Model'. I am saying this is a 'Goa Model'. And, in this Goa model we are trying to reach out to the people of the State, trying to provide services to the citizens to bring a smile on their face," Rane said.
The IVF centre at the GMCH's super-speciality block is fully CSR-driven and we will strive to make it a top-notch centre which is talked about in the entire country, he added.
"Delhi model is only a hype model. Goa is the only State, globally also, where IVF treatment is being given to the patients free of charge," Rane said, adding that he does not want to replicate any model but create Goa's own model.
Rane also pledged that whatever support, infrastructural or financial, is needed will be given to make the IVF centre a state-of-the-art one with a success rate that is highest in the country.
In the next six months you will witness what transformation will be taking place here in the healthcare sector, he said, adding that a robotic surgery centre is the next on his agenda.
Citing the example of Dr Kedar Padte, a private practitioner who collaborated with the GMC's gynecology department to conceptualise the IVF centre, Rane said the government wants Goan private doctors who have succeeded and excelled to come on board with the GMC.
Dr Padte, GMCH Dean, Dr Shivanand Bandekar, GMC's Obstetrics & Gynecology department head Dr Muriel Cardoso and other doctors were present.
The Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and intrauterine insemination (IUI)/IVF Centre was launched at the GMCH's super-speciality block by Chief Chief Minsiter Pramod Sawant two weeks ago but it got functionally started on Friday when some couples were registered for the treatment.
Rane who said, nearly 20 per cent of couples are plagued by infertility issues in Goa and have to look beyond Goa to avail this treatment, also distributed registration certificates to a few couples.
