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Margao sees drop in active cases

THEGOAN NETWORK

MARGAO: The number of beds available at the two major Covid hospitals inSouth Goa crossed the 300-figure on Thursday evening, even as the number ofCovid cases at the Margao Urban Health centre came down below the 1500 mark.

In fact, a total of 341 beds were availableat the South Goa district hospital and the ESI hospital on Thursday evening “around 242 beds at the district hospital and 99 beds at the ESI hospital.

A glance at the health bulletin has broughtgood news once again with the number of active cases in the jurisdiction ofMargao Urban Health centre coming in at 1455 on Thursday.

Margao Urban Health officer Dr AnjuKharangate informed that the number of persons visiting the centre for homeisolation kits has also come down drastically in the last few days. “Unlike thepast, when people made a beeline for home isolation kits, we now find only afew persons coming with requests for the kits,” Dr Kharangate said.

The Health Officer pointed out that theHealth centre, which once faced shortage of kits, now has adequate stock of thesame.

 

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Pilar Society priest no more

The Goan Network
Published May 27, 2021, 11:54 PM IST
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Pilar Society priest no more

THE GOAN NETWORKPANAJIFr Mario Shivaji d’ Aquino Henriques (63), a Goan priest from the Pilar Society, passed away in West Bengal on Thursday, after being hospitalised for 17 days in Kolkata with post Covid complications.The final rites will be conducted at the Infant Jesus Church in Gangarampur, West Bengal, at 11.30 am on Friday.Hailing from Vasco, Fr Shivaji was the eighth of 10 children, seven boys and three girls. He joined the Pilar Society and served in Fr Agnel…

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