PANAJI
A delegation led by Aam Aadmi Party Goa convener Rahul Mhambre, and leaders Valmiki Naik and Cecille Rodrigues submitted a memorandum to the District Collector (North) on Tuesday afternoon.
Mhambre informed that they wanted to apprise the nodal officer for Covid management in the district Ajit Roy, of the various pressing issues being faced by the patients and their relatives at GMC’s new Super Specialty block.
Naik recalled that Mhambre had personally visited the Super Specialty block last week and interacted with the relatives of Covid patients. He pointed out that this is something that even the Health Minister of the State himself has not done, since the Covid wards started operating.
Naik said none of the ministers or the officials has checked on the hurriedly-opened block and tried to understand the serious issues faced by patients and relatives, even after the cyclone hit and even after the issues have been highlighted numerous times through media and social media.
Naik recalled that the Health Minister and Chief Minister only did photo-ops at the launch of the new block, and added that Mhambre is doing the groundwork that the ministers should be doing instead of just operating through Twitter and press conferences.
AAP leader Cecille Rodrigues, who lost her father to Covid at the same Super Specialty block, expressed shock that despite taking an appointment with the Collector’s office, they were not allowed to meet him in person.
Rodrigues stated that after informing Roy of their arrival, they were made to wait for almost 30 minutes, and eventually informed that Roy would not meet them even though he was in his office.
Naik informed that the memorandum was finally sent to the Collector’s office, and also to the Chief Minister, chief secretary and secretary health secretary.
