THE GOAN NETWORK
MARGAO
In an incident that brought to the fore the hazards staring at the community health survey team, moving door-to-door in the scorching sun, a lady BLO accompanying a team collapsed at the Gogol Housing Board on Monday noon.
Fortunately, local residents Daya Pagi and Ramesh Desai rushed to the rescue of the lady BDO as she lay unconscious on the ground for some time, before they brought her to their residence.
Though the authorities are believed to have later replaced the ailing lady BLO, locals claimed no emergency medical aid was rushed to the victim after she collapsed on the ground and remained unconscious for some time.
She was later dropped at her residence by Pagi in his private car to her place of residence at Kalika building, Fatorda after informing her husband.
The incident occurred around noon when the lady BLO accompanied by two teachers was moving around the Gogol housing Board to conduct the community health survey. When the two teachers were at the residences of Ramesh Desai and Daya Pagi, the lady BLO, who was standing on the road suddenly collapsed. The incident came to light after Ramesh and Pagi raised an alarm when they saw the woman collapsing on the road. “The two teachers also went with us not knowing that the lady BLO was part of the survey team. She was unconscious for some time before we brought her at our place”, Pagi recalled.
Daya Pagi pointed out that even the teachers who accompanied the BLO were not known to teach other. “When the lady BLO collapsed on the ground, the two teachers, who seeking details from two houses had no idea that their teammate had collapsed. Thank God that the BLO collapsed just outside our homes. Just imagine a situation if the lady had to collapse where the houses are not densely located”, Pagi said.
