A board at the Margao Urban Health Centre indicating the shifting of the immunisation services to the South Goa District Hospital. Captured by : Santosh Mirajkar
MARGAO
In a bid to overcome the confusion over the immunisation services at the Margao Urban Health Centre, the Centre has put up a notice outside the building, which is under repair, stating that the immunisation sessions have been shifted to the South Goa District Hospital.
The notice has been displayed outside the Health Centre to inform the public about the shifting of the services from the Margao Urban Health Centre to the South Goa District Hospital. The notice has also assumed significance, given that a large number of parents turn up at the Margao Urban Health Centre with children for immunisation on Mondays and Thursdays every week.
In fact, a couple of parents wondered why the Margao Urban Health Centre building has not been repaired on priority. They were critical of the constant shifting and relocation of the Health Centre in the last 16 months.
Parents, who were caught unawares by the relocation of the Urban Health Centre to the District Hospital, expressed frustration over the delay in repairing the Urban Health Centre building. “We fail to understand why the authorities are taking such a long time just to restore the façade of the Urban Health Centre building. People from the city will now have to travel all the way to the District Hospital with their children for the immunisation sessions,” remarked a parent.
Given that the repair work has been dragging on for the last 16 months since the façade crumbled on July 8, 2023, citizens have called for the repair work to be expedited and the health services restored in the Urban Health Centre building.
This is the third time that the services of the Margao Urban Health Centre have been relocated since the façade of the UHC collapsed last year.
