The Balli Health Centre Doctor T Kakodkar is the only sensible person in Goa. She owns responsibility by refusing to accept the Director of Fisheries letter saying Covid testing of fishing crew is to be stopped.
At a feast, gorging on sugary deserts is allowed for all: except those with high diabetes. The DG of WHO, in his opening remarks on 31/8 media briefing stated that: Opening up without having control is a recipe for disaster. It’s not one size fits all, it’s not all or nothing.
Strangely, this Doctor will be praised by hoteliers too. Yet, the latter do not own responsibility when the tourists are allowed without testing.
Goa cases are rising, not yet flat. GMC Dean says he could open up only one 30-bed ward for critical patients. The Health Minister says they cannot get enough oxygen as the manufacturers are already at full capacity. Comorbid patients are falling like nine pins. He says they come in late for treatment. How many deaths were there before home isolation was allowed? With such restrictions can we open up all because others are doing so?
The mark of a person is not his profession. It is not the soldiers and health workers alone who are warriors. It is the person who owns responsibility.
