What a shame? What a pity? No value for the humans / patients in Goa?? water.. water... water ..who is there to look out? where is the administration gone?? gone gone goa gone
> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 06:24:57 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] MLA Vishnu Wagh and Dr. V.N. Jindal to look into GMC water > shortage matter ? Hey Raam ! > > > www.goa-world. com GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) > >>http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ http://www.colaco.net/ > >>http://www.live365.com/index.live > >>Tumcam Maie-mogacho ieukar. Stay tuned to Gulf Goans e-Newsletter - > >>everyday someone, somewhere learns a > >>little.....________________________________________________________________________________ > >> PANAJI: The erratic water supply at the Goa medical collegeand hospital is > >>causing grave inconvenience to patients and their attendants, who are > >>forced to use drinking water, or carry cans of water from home, for washing > >>purposes. > >> > >> > >>"Every floor has a set of restrooms, as does every ward. But there is no > >>water supply for many hours at a stretch and we are unable to use the > >>restrooms, leave alone having a bath," Mary Gomes (name changed) says. Her > >>husband is admitted to the male ward in the medicine block. "At least if > >>there were fixed timings, we could collect and store some water for > >>emergencies; but nobody here knows when the water supply would resume," she > >>complains. > >> > >>When TOI visited the hospital on Sunday morning, the bathrooms in the > >>medicine block did not have any water, all the taps were dry and most of > >>them were left open. > >> > >>"We provide patients with jugs of boiled drinking water twice a day, but we > >>are quite helpless when it comes to the supply of running water. We never > >>know when the flow of water may stop suddenly, so nobody goes to the toilet > >>without a bottle of water," a nurse manning one of the surgical wards > >>quipped. > >> > >>"It is a nightmare for the ayahs and cleaning staff, who are expected to > >>keep the toilets clean without water," she pointed out. > >> > >>While the 1000-bedded hospital at Bambolim has always been plagued by water > >>scarcity, the hospital administration tends to point fingers at visitors > >>who leave the taps open, wasting water or miscreants who steal plumbing > >>fittings. > >> > >>Chairman of the visiting committee of the Goa medical college hospital, MLA > >>Vishnu Waghopines that the persistent water problem reflects poor > >>administration. "The hospital urgently requires at least two bore wells and > >>a rain water harvesting system to re-charge ground water levels in the > >>area. Water is an essential commodity, how can patients and doctors > >>maintain hygiene in the hospital if there is no water in the bathrooms?" > >>Wagh asks. "The hospital administration has no contingency plan, and even > >>though they claim to be buying tanker loads of water, the patients continue > >>to suffer," he added. > >> > >>GMC dean Dr V N Jindal said he would look into the matter and sort it out > >>at the earliest. > >> > >>_____________________ > >>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Visiting-GMC-toilets-Carry-your-own-water/articleshow/22059410.cms > >> _______________ > >_________________________________ > > www.goa-world.com/goa/music/ > > > > THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: HEATED GOLD BECOMES ORNAMENTS. BETTED COPPER > > BECOMES WIRES. DEPLETED STONE BECOMES STATUE. SO THE MORE PAIN YOU > > GET IN YOUR LIFE YOU BECOME MORE VALUABLE.
