CANACONA
Healthcare received a major boost in Canacona taluka after Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane launched a pilot health project, Emergency Care Centre (ECC), at Community Health Centre (CHC) in Chaudi on Friday.
The ECC has been set up at the Canacona CHC with all necessary equipment and will function round the clock with three doctors, two paramedics and two EMTs. The doctors at the centre will attend to all emergency cases, including heart attacks, accidents, burns and snake bites.
The second such ECC will be set up at Sakhali in North Goa.
Speaking at a brief function, Rane informed that the government was doing everything possible to take care of public health in the best possible manner.
“Thirty-six new doctors are being appointed and even more doctors and medical staff will be roped in, not just to fill up the posts but to give effective services to the people of the State.”
“We are taking diagnostics to the doors of the people and to begin with patients will be able to get blood and other related reports at sub-health centres in villages. Now, they no come for such tests to CHCs or health centres in towns,” said the minister.
He said the government is making efforts to tackle increasing diabetes cases and will soon come out with schemes to provide free insulin to diabetes patients.
“We are paying special attention to nutrition in the health sector, and have already made a mark in GMC on nutrition and laundry. We will also provide free medicines at GMC for which a tender has been already finalised. It should take another 30 days for things to fall in place for people to get free medicines.”
Canacona MLA Isidore Fernandes thanked the health minister for setting up the ECC at the Canacona CHC and said “it is a huge relief to the people of the taluka.”
Fernandes requested the health minister to build residential quarters for doctors and other medical staff so that they can reside in good condition so as to enable them to provide better services.
Director of Health Services Dr Sanjiv Dalvi informed that the ECC would not only help in stabilising the emergency patients, but they would also be treated at CHC itself after stabilisation.
Earlier, Cardiologist Dr Guru Prasad Naik informed that the cardiac ambulance located in Canacona had already benefitted 75 patients since it was inaugurated two months ago.
“In another two months we will start diagnostics for ailments in the taluka itself. We have trained every staff manning the cardiac ambulance to deal with heart-related ailments at the initial stages,” Dr Naik informed.
CMC Chairperson Chaya Komarpant, ex-Canacona MLA Vijay Poi Khot and Dr Diwakarji Velip also spoke at the function, while OSD to Health Minister Dr Rajananda Desai, Canacona HO Dr Shaba Gaonkar and Dr Iona Fernandes were also present.
