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Glad to hear that so many Goans achieved so much in Portugal. This was probably a testament to the Portuguese people and the Portuguese government which was not as color conscious and racist as the British were particularly in the colonial days. Tony Barros's reference to the achievements of Dr. Paes is due to his having lived in British East Africa where Goans while highly regarded, were still kept in place by the British. During Colonial days in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, there was a hospital known as the European Hospital, later re-named Ocean Road Hospital, and another hospital called the Sewa Haji Hospital. The European hospital catered to Europeans and the Sewa Haji Hospital was for Asians and Africans. However, there was a special Goan ward at the European hospital. The birth certificate of those of us born in Dar es Salaam showed the place of birth as at the European Hospital. Clearly the European Hospital had better facilities as this was the era of racism and segregation. Did the Portuguese Government because of its enlightened policies push the British Government for this arrangement for all its citizens, irrespective of race ?
