PANAJI
Members of Generation Next for Goa on Sunday denounced the setting up of a one-man committee to submit a report within 30 days on the shortcomings of GMC and said that the matter calls for a comprehensive analysis by a larger group of experts.
Addressing the media in Panaji, GenNext president Durgadas Kamat stated, “A one-man committee cannot affect any changes in GMC’s functioning. The committee should include at least three to four Goan doctors not employed in GMC, MLAs from each party having seats in the Assembly, prominent citizens and senior media persons. Also, 10 to 15 days are enough to submit the report.”
He informed that despite budgetary allocation of Rs 701.43 crore in 2015-16 to the health sector and Rs 540 crore in 2014-15, there has been no sign of improvement at GMC.
“GMC continues to be in comatose state. The govt should be prioritising the health sector. But instead, we have information that finance, administrative reforms department and personnel department are not cooperating with health minister,” Kamat said.
He further said that the ICUs are in bad condition and that the new morgue commissioned at GMC recently has yet to become operational for the want of funds to acquire required expertise to repair certain parts. It was informed that the delegation of Medical Council of India, in visit to GMC in March for annual audit, commented verbally on poor infrastructure at GMC.
Kamat also urged Health Minister Francis D’Souza to undertake surprise visits to GMC in order to ensure quality of healthcare offered there.
Meanwhile, GenNext took strong objection to the transfer of license of a smaller casino vessel based in River Mandovi till recently, which was confiscated in the past, to Maharaja Casino.
Kamat said that the process for this alleged transfer of an expired casino license has already begun.
