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Kamat laments slow pace of work on South Goa district hospital

Making a humble plea to the government to stop playing with the lives of people visiting the Hospicio following Friday’s incident, Margao MLA Digambar Kamat on Saturday lamented that the district hospital for South Goa is still dragging on without any fresh deadline on its completion.

MARGAO: 
 After visiting the hospital accompanied by Margao Municipal councillors Doris Texeira, Manoj Masurkar and former councillor Damu Shirodkar on Saturday, Digambar said the entire Hospicio building may come down anytime taking into account the condition of the columns, gallery and the roof. 
“I understand that there’s hardly any scope for improvement or medication of the Hospicio building in question. That’s the reason why my government had initiated the ambitious district hospital project. The project is yet to see the light of day though the agency has whitewashed the building,” he said.
 He promised to speak to Health Minister Vishwajit Rane to explore the possibility of demolishing the building in question to avoid any tragedy.

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Hospicio falling apart? Stability test awaited

Friday’s incident when a piece of an iron railing from the balcony of the second floor of the building came crashing down on a woman visitor to the Hospicio has thrown up a host of questions for the Hospicio authorities, PWD officials and the government to answer.

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Jun 25, 2017, 4:28 AM IST
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MARGAO Questions are being raised when was the last time the Public Works Department had conducted the structural stability test of the Hospicio three-storeyed building housing the casualty and the female medicine ward? Or, did the Hospicio authorities ask for a fresh structural stability test and the PWD has not initiated the study till date? The PWD had declared the first two-floors of the building unsafe over a year ago, but a question is asked whether the…

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