MARGAO
Asserting that Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday made it clear he has a hidden agenda of privatising the South Goa district hospital, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar has said the Congress will go all out to oppose any such move.
Saying that the Health Minister, while admitting that all hospitals including private hospitals serving Covid patients are full, has maintained a conspicuous silence on making the South Goa district hospital fully functional, Chodankar demanded that the entire hospital must be made functional immediately.
“The BJP government has completely failed in the handling and management of Covid situation in Goa. Time is passing by with a huge spike in positive cases. If government fails to take pro-active steps now, Congress party will launch aggressive state-wide agitation for which the BJP government will be responsible,” he warned.
He said the fraudulent mindset of the BJP government headed by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to make “business out of people’s sickness” is keeping away the recovered Covid patients from coming forward to donate their plasma. “Health Minister Vishwajit Rane must remember that he will have to answer to the almighty one day and that day is not too far,” he added.
Chodankar alleged that the government is providing ventilators, plasma and Remdesivir medicines to the private hospitals in Goa which in turn are charging lakhs of rupees to patients for the same. “The BJP government has deliberately not done anything to cap the healthcare charges in private hospitals with the sole intention of making fortunes by receiving commissions. The private hospitals are charging whatever they feel with no control from the government,” he accused.
He said the Chief Minister and Health Minister have already witnessed the “act of god on frauds” in the past, especially with cunning politicians having dictatorial style of functioning. “When someone plays with the lives and sentiments of innocents, not only that person but the others also have to repay for the misdeeds. Goa CM and Health Minister must remember that their misdeeds will have to be answered in one way or the other,” he added.
