In Message: 1 dated Fri, 4 Jun 2021 Aires Rodrigues < airesrodrigu...@gmail.com> To: goanet <goa...@goanet.org> the leanred Advocate commented on the Subject: of ....THE AYUSH CENTER CAN BE AT MANIPAL HOSPITAL RUN BY GOA?S BABA RAMDEV
Me-ID:cahriwmhk_n2xlz69zyp688wfskdd-gxtshzqf5syz4cykp+...@mail.gmail.com> I can understand the wrath and anger of Advocate Aires about how Ribander is being ruined by the vested interest of certain individuals. Let me narrate my account. The incident occurred about ten years ago, over Christmas holidays, while we were visiting my brother and the family in Quepem. a few days before our departure for Tanzania my brother complained of a severe pain on his side. A specialist in Margao suggested we take him to Manipal Hospital at Dona Paula. This made a lot of sense as his Sister in Law and her family lived in Santa Cruz, My brother was admitted at Manipal. >From Tanzania I returned back to Goa. My brother has many visitors from Quepem and elsewhere, because of his large social network, ....but in the hospital he was like a zombie .....A relative who went with him while being administered chemotherapy told me how horrible it was ....Completely by accident I heard about the Johnson Patch. More inquiries in Bombay revealed that it had to be ordered from UK but it was available but had to pass through Customs before it was released to the hospital. I go to see the Doctor in Charge in Manipal and tell her about this wonderful drug. She astounds me with her reaction <<<<Why do You Want to Waste Your Money, He Is Going To Die Anyway.>>>>> The sheer heartlessness made me mad. I wished her a good day. Over the next 26 hours or so I found another hospital, in Colve which is much closer to Quepem. Explained my problem to the two doctors ...they agreed to accept the drug, send an ambulance and a nurse that same day: I paid the bills in Manipal. They were substantial......that's what the chief oncologist wanted to prolong ! My brother remained in the new hospital for a month... every day there was improvement. He was then discharged and was brought to his home in Quepem. I prepared a special prepared room, with all the facilities. There, for the next three months he had his numerous friends who dropped to chat.....he even celebrated his Wedding Anniversary. Suddenly on the 7th of September 2008 he was called !!! RIP Sunny *Lesson I wish to Share * I am writing this brief for a number of reasons. Neither my parents smoked, nor anybody in the family ....so how did my brother get cancer of the lungs. He used to work in the Government Chemist along with Mrs Felicia Dias. She too had the same problem. The culprit was the ASBESTOS in the ceiling and roof of the Chemist close to European Hospital in Dar es Salaam. What has this got to do with GOA? Quite a couple of important aspects. The lining in boilers of ships had a think layer of asbestos coating to keep the heat down, Recently during the lock down period when I was trapped in the Pandemic in Goa, I saw corrugated roof with concrete and asbestos .....I managed to tell the owners to get rid of them. Manipal Hospital at Dona Paula is a Hell and a nightmare. BUT THERE SOME OF THE DOCTORS THERE HAVE GOT TENTACLES ELSEWHERE ....Like the one who Operated on me, in Margao in 2020 .to remove a Kidney stone using a laser technique. A few weeks after the operation...the doctor in charge called me . He told me that they suspected I had lung cancer and had prepared an admission sheet to be admitted at MANIPAL. I thanked the scoundrel . Unknown to the Crooked Doctor, Manipal was a no go zone for me The Hippocrates Oath which they all take seems meaningless to them. I hope that there is Divine Intervention. Grandolfo In Makongo Juu PS I was most impressed that to read that Quote "The Old Ribandar Hospital which is Asia?s first Medical school has a very glorious history. It was an excellent hospital and many of us were born there. The heritage structure was designed for it to house state of the art medical facilities which people from across Goa benefited" *End Quote*. Might I add that here is a Biography of Ribandar that needs to be written. It should be illustrated and if something could be done about the very old abandoned building, it would give depth to the book. I certainly would be one buyer