Congress accuses government of healthcare mismanagement
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The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee has blamed both the Laxmikant Parsekar government as well as the deputy Chief Minister, Francis D Souza, who also handles the Health portfolio of the state, for mismanaging the healthcare infrastructure.
As reported by TOI, the congress party is alleging that the BJP government was making money at the cost of people's lives. The state's Health Minister, Mr. D'Souza in counteraction called it election propaganda on the part of the Congress. Congress MLA's Vishwajit Rane and Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, while addressing the press said that patients approaching the government medical college cum hospital were likely to loose their lives due to inferior quality treatment.
Talking about poor infrastructural facilities at the government hospital, the ministers spoke of deficient manpower in terms of doctors, lack of medical equipment, shortage of coronary angioplasty stents and diagnostic tools .
"God forbid, if you go to GMC, you will not survive. The government is playing with the lives of the people," said junior Rane, who was earlier the health minister.
Rane also claimed that Health Minister, D'souza had other preoccupations like making money out of the Regional plan 2021, Land Use Classification, instead of improving the state of healthcare in the region.
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