On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:58:28 -0700 (PDT)Samir Kelekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Subject: [Goanet] State of affairs in Goa Medical College
In GMC, if an accident victim is brought to casualy, it seems even a stretcher is not brought out to take him inside, unless one of the relatives of the patients uses some contacts. It seems that there is no avaiablity of basic things such as syringes, and injections, or IV drip in GMC. All these have to be bought by patients from private hospitals, and only then any treatment starts. The reason is that while sophisticated x-Ray and other equipment are bought by the authorities due to large commissions involved, these basic things dont involve big commission and hence are not bought. And now in Margao, a 400 bed hospital is being built to replace the Hospicio. Again there is huge money in real-estate deals and construction, but this building is going to be just a concrete structure with no basic medicines available. It is a big shame. regards, Samir ------------------------------ And..............I can add here: The Interns get pieces of local daily newspapers to wipe their hands after attending to patients and washing their hands. I know this first hand. God save the Junior Doctors & Interns. Blessings. Agnelo
