Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that the recovered COVID19 patient poses no threat to others and they should not be stigmatized. The chief minister while interacting with recovered COVID19 patients said that COVID is now in the minds of people. “Having received feedback from several quarters about the discrimination that is happening with some of the recovered COVID19 patients, I decided to have a candid interaction with them in Panjim today. People from across the state who were infected by the Coronavirus and later recovered came and shared their experience,” he said. CM said he was happy…
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The COVID 19 cases took another huge jump on Thursday with 424 new cases while the deaths came down to 2. The total recoveries today were 350. As per the DHS bulletin 67 years Male from Dabolim admitted at Goa Medical College Bambolim, with co-morbid condition is expired yesterday, 45 yers Mile from Mandur, admitted at Gou Medical College Bambolim, with co-morbid conditions expired today, Out of 3144 Samples, 2209 are Negative, 424 are Positive and 511 reports are awaited At present patients in Isolation wards are 96 and people Quarantined at Various Residencia/Hotel- 31. The confirmed cases now have…
MARGAO: With a surge in COVID-19 cases at Margao, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has stated that operations at Hospicio Hospital will be shifted to New South Goa District Hospital and the old hospital will be used as COVID hospital for Pre-Natal & Ante-Natal activities. Rane informed that this new facility will be operational by September 1, 2020. “The Government is taking all necessary measures to fight the virus and provide our citizens with quality health care services. The Govt has prepared another battleground to combat the virus.” said Rane He said, “Operations at Hospicio Hospital will be shifted to New…
PANJIM: To combat the COVID-19 pandemic and provide quality care to the impacted individuals, the Health department has roped in Sodexo as the food services partner to take care of the Nutrition and Dietary needs of the COVID-impacted patients. Accordingly, Sodexo with its team of 200+ professionals will be responsible for providing therapeutic dietary services at these 800-bedded facilities, namely ESIC COVID-19 hospital, Margao; Sub-District Hospital, Ponda and any other COVID hospitals in the city till such time that the pandemic is under control. “We are taking all necessary measures to prepare the state in fighting the virus and its…
PANJIM: In a major setback to a private firm facing accusation of constructing a structure in violation of CRZ; the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered its demolition and slapped penalty of Rs 1 lakh. “The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) is directed to ensure that order of High Court of Bombay at Goa passed in Writ Petition order dated December 18, 2019 and the affidavit to the effect that the illegal construction shall be demolished within the period of 30 days from the date of filing of the affidavit or order, must be complied with and GCZMA is directed…
Aam Aadmi party today handed over a memorandum to the Minister and Director of Fisheries with copy to Benaulim Panchayat stating that local fishermen community of Benaulim is better suited to run the project. The memorandum signed among others by party convenor Elvis Gomes was handed over to the Sarpanch of Benaulim by AAP youth leader and ZP candidate Hanzel Fernandes. Likewise Party General Secretary Pradeep Padgaonkar along with Mario Cordeiro also met the Director of Fisheries and placed the party’s demands before her. Pradeep Padgaonkar who handed over the memorandum to the Director of Fisheries said that someone in…
PANJIM: The Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) launched an application called ichangemycity provides a seamless platform for all the city based complaints including waste management . “ICMyCapplication(www.ichangemycity.com) which is developed for The Corporation of City of Panaji in collaboration with Janaagraha and Sulochana Thapar Foundation. This application provides a seamless platform for all the city based complaints including waste management.” CCP Mayor Uday Madkaikar said. The application connects the Citizens,ward councillors, and Municipal Staff for effective and timely resolution of the grievances posted on the app. Citizens can monitor the progress of their complaints within the app itself,…