Margao's Hospicio Hospital -- Nice Article Valmiki Congratulations Dear Valmiki-bab, (my dear Ghao-bhao at Margao and a former Mayor of Margao whom, i always have a lot of respect for his strong sense of imagination and maturity ever since his days at the MMC)... for capturing the history in a nutshell of Margao's erstwhile ''Vodle Hospital'.
Ages after the generous priest and the actual social workers of Margao then started this people oriented and charitable venture...the Hospicio at margao has been used to get cheap and free mileage by politicians of today,who come there, get photographed and never deliver even an ounce of their long list of promises and quick-fix solutions that they promise. Tall claims have been made by successive health ministers and dummy chief ministers, but there has been no progress in the way the Hospicio functions and looks. Margao boasts of several NGOs who even went to the extent to lend a helping hand to the displaced at Baina, but have never come out to do anything notewhorthy for the Hospicio, in their own backyard at Margao. I wonder if the strong builders lobby that is camoufledged in the various NGO groups in Margao have their eyes on this prime land and want to capture it to build their own castles. Also, as Valmiki pointed out, the cramming of government offices like the sub-registrar as more and more space is filled in safeguarding the information and documents of the migrants in Margao who are the dear guests of the puppets in power. Today, if a true Goan aam aadmi goes to the municipality for a birth certificate, he or she may be told that the book that contains (like i was once told, until the clerk realised i was a journalist) is eaten by white ants, while the records of the honourable migrants will be easily available. I guess the slogan of the puppets in power should read as aam immigrants than aam aadmi, and besides any Goan would prefer to be called NIZ GOENKAR than AAM AADMI! Regards Cedric da Costa Dubai __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
