Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has stated thatthe team of expert doctors who had been flown all the way from Delhi to checkAyush Minister Shripad Naik have also examined those Covid psitive MLAs. Whycould the Goa government not request these doctors to also check other patientswho are battling the virus at our Covid hospitals?
Is the life of the politicians any moreimportant than that of the common man? Every Covid patient in the State has aright to get the best medical care alike anyone else. Will the Goa governmentfly in doctors from Delhi to examine our poor patients or is this only theprivilege of the politicians.
While the cash rich politicians and theirfamilies get unlimited free medical care at private hospitals, the common manhas to borrow money against jewellery and property with a hope that the patientwill survive.
The time has come that the government shouldensure that the level of medical care is the same for every citizen. Not apaisa more a paisa less. This may also see radical improvement of health carein government hospitals. All the political parties need to come to a consensuson this.
Even if there needs to be a public agitationtowards ensuring this, so be it. Good healthcare for all even the poorest ofthe poor should be out focused thrust. Equality for all is anyway in thePreamble of our Constitution of India.
