October 2 brought a mixed bag for Ribandar, the completion of the pending restoration of our Church hall and the sham of an inaugural of the long awaited Ribandar Health Centre.
The first was indeed a happy occasion, all the more because the work of restoration was well executed by the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC). We need to applaud the GSIDC for such a perfectionist work of our hall when many others executed by them, including the Atal Setu, have left much to be desired.
On the other hand, the so-called Health Centre now "inaugurated" is clearly an attempt to take people for a ride. It is a sham! To the dismay of one and all, the new facilities have not been set up in the main building of the historic Old Ribandar Hospital. Instead the authorities chose to inappropriately squeeze this Health centre amidst an already cramped Crime Branch premises.
We must ensure that the Old Ribandar Hospital returns as a centre of excellence in dispensing the much need medical facilities and saving lives especially of the poorest of the poor.
