Speaker meets with Health Min over health services in Canacona CHC

CANACONA 

Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar convened a joint meeting with Health Minister Vishwajit Rane and Director of Health Services Dr Rupa Naik, following demands to improve healthcare facilities at the Community Health Centre (CHC), Canacona.

The meeting was held in the Speaker’s Chamber at the Secretariat on Tuesday evening, in the presence of members of the Canacona Health Welfare Visiting Committee, Shirish Pai and Damodar Chari, and Canacona CHC Health Officer Dr Jose Tavares and Dr Diwakarji Velip.

Tawadkar made a special request to Rane to improve the healthcare facilities at CHC Canacona. Tawadkar held a detailed discussion with Health Minister Vishwajit Rane and put forth the demands to overcome the shortcomings at the CHC in the immediate future.

Rane then directed Dr Kedar Raikar to conduct a study to update and improve facilities and prepare a detailed report within two days.

Accordingly, Dr Raikar later held discussions with the Speaker in this regard as well as detailed discussions with the Hospital Visiting Committee members and health officials.

Dr Raikar inspects healthcare facilities at Canacona CHC

CANACONA: Acting on directives of Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, Dr Kedar Raikar visited the Canacona Community Health Centre on Wednesday to inspect healthcare facilities and identify areas which need improvement at the lone government hospital in the taluka.

Rane had instructed Dr Raikar to prepare a report on the status of existing facilities, medics and staff strength and status of medicines and other lifesaving drugs.

On Wednesday, Dr Raikar inspected the various wards, the medical equipment, collected information about the staff shortage, including the specialised doctors and other medical officers. He also noted the limited facilities for patients in the taluka. People have been frequently demanding 24-hours facilities for blood tests, X-Ray, setting up of a blood bank, etc.  

They have also claimed that while the CHC officially has a trauma unit, an operation theatre, an x-ray unit, and a cardiac-care van, none of these facilities work properly and patients are immediately shifted to District Hospital, Margao or GMC hospital at Bambolim.  

There is no obstetrician, paediatrician, orthopaedic specialist, and full-time cardiologist in the CHC hospital. There are x-ray, sonography machines but not enough technicians/experts to operate these machines 24x7.

They have demanded an adequate number of doctors, specialists, radiologist, lab assistants, technicians to Canacona Community Health Centre (CHC) and upgrading the CHC to a Sub-District Hospital. 

People have also sought accommodation facilities for doctors/medical staff at the lone government hospital in the southernmost taluka of the State.