Shripad visits Manipal for routine check-up, shows improvement

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Oct 6, 2020, 12:24 AM IST

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Union AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik on Monday visited Manipal Hospital in Dona Paula for a follow-up CT scan and a session of chest physiotherapy.

Dr Shekhar Salkar of Manipal Hospital said Naik's CT scan showed "very good improvement".

The Union minister completed a session of chest physiotherapy using the latest equipment imported from Norway with the help of Manipal's physiotherapy consultant.

He also visited MLA Dayanand Sopte, Dilip Parulekar who is in the ICU, and Harish Zantye, and wished them a speedy recovery.

Shripad was discharged from Manipal Hospital on September 12 after he made full recovery from Covid-19. He had tested positive for Covid-19 along with his wife on August 12 and was admitted to Manipal Hospital at Dona Paula on the following day.

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‘MLAs treated in pvt hospitals, others forced to sleep on floors’

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published Oct 6, 2020, 12:23 AM IST

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PORVORIMAccusing the State government of having failed miserably in handling the Covid situation in Goa, Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte said VIPs were getting treated in private hospitals while the common man was forced to sleep on stretchers or the floor in health centres.“The very fact that a growing number of Covid patients prefer home isolation indicates that people have lost faith in the State administration.”“MLAs and other political leaders are getting treatment in…