With the COVID-19 cases mounting by the day, the Goa Government has yet not got its act together in dealing with the raging pandemic. The politicians should have laid their hands off and left it to the experts to chart the road ahead.
There are increasing complaints about lack of proper facilities and the pathetic state of the Covid hospitals and care centers. Every COVID patient needs to be getting the best possible care and attention. The poorest of the poor is entitled to get all the due medical assistance even it has to be at the private hospitals. Free and specialized treatment cannot be the privilege of just the politicians and that too at tax-payers expense. That the authorities failed to plan a proper strategy over the last few months and are now running helter-skelter with no vision is condemnable. Chief Minister and the Health Minister should be in the frontline while dealing with the pandemic which has now sadly reached a point of crisis. As ‘Bhivpachim Kainch Goroj Na’, they should themselves regularly visit the COVID hospitals and care centers to see for themselves the sordid plight of the patients. They need to talk less and prove their mettle by action on the ground. If Pramod Sawant and Vishwajit Rane are incapable of leading from the front they should gracefully step aside and make room for someone more sensitive, competent and dedicated to take over. The abundant funds earmarked for dealing with COVID-19 must be judiciously and scrupulously utilized to ensure that every patient gets the due medical care. There should be no room or devious attempt to pocket this money. It would be an unpardonable crime. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: [email protected] Or [email protected] You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com
