Author: Team Admin

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Following nearly death of nearly 60 covid patients in Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) owing to oxygen supply, in last three days, the State Government has appointed a three-member Committee to inquire into the oxygen supply issues at the state-run hospital. Director IIT Dr BK Mishra headed Committee has former GMC Dean Dr VN Jindal and Secretary Urban Development Tariq Thomas as its members. The committee is been set up also after High Court slammed the government and the GMC over inadequate oxygen supply resulting into deaths of the patients, especially in the wee hours of…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today announced that state government will launch COVID-19 vaccination drive for the 18-44 age group on May 15. “Our Govt will launch #COVID19 vaccination drive for the 18-45 age group on 15/5/21. The vaccines will be administered free of cost across Goa through 35 Govt centers,” said CM He further said that citizens are urged to register themselves on CoWIN portal while stating that lets work together to defeat the menace of coronavirus in the State. The state received first lot of 32,000 vaccine doses from Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII)…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa today reported 2491 new COVID-19 positive cases. While there were 2266 recoveries and 63 deaths reported today. As per DHS bulletin, the active cases are now 32, 953, the total death now stands at 1937. the hospital discharges are 201 while the recovery rate is 73.19

SURAJ NANDREKAR/ Goemkarponn PANAJI: The second wave of COVID 19 has hit the State hard and to make matters worse the government hospitals do not have oxygenated beds or Oxygen. In such situation an average Goan looks at the private hospitals for saving life of his kin as the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has claimed that the COVID19 treatment has been brought under the ambit of Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY). But sadly, either the hospital is shooing away the patients saying they have received no order from government on the DDSSY empanelment or they give insane bills,…

Goemkarponn desk MANDREM: MGP’s Mandrem candidate Jit Mandrem has taken the initiative to start a 20-bedded COVID Care centre in Mandrem. Arolkar has taken a private hotel and converted the same for people of his constituency. Speaking to Goemkarponn, Arolkar said, “Today I inspected proposed site for COVID isolation Center at Mandrem. The 20-room proposed facility will be made available to the COVID infected people from Mandrem constituency”. He said the isolation center will provide admitted patients with meals, medicine and accommodation free of cost. “Also a dedicated team of doctors and nurses will monitor each patient on daily basis.…

सूरज नांदरेकर पणजी:गोयंकारपण वृत्त कोविडच्या दुसर्‍या लाटेने राज्यात जोरदार फटका बसला आहे आणि त्यात सरकारी रुग्णालयांमध्ये ऑक्सिजनयुक्त बेड किंवा ऑक्सिजनचा व्यवस्थित पुरवठा होत नाही. अशा परिस्थितीत गोमंतकीय आपल्या नातेवाईकांचे प्राण वाचवण्यासाठी खासगी रुग्णालयांकडे पाहतात. कारण मुख्यमंत्री डॉ. प्रमोद सावंत यांनी दावा केला आहे की कोरोनासाठीचे उपचार ‘दीन दयाल स्वास्थ्य सेवा’ योजनेच्या (डीडीएसएसवाय) कार्यक्षेत्रात आणले गेले आहे. पण दुर्दैवाने, एकतर रूग्णालयाकडून रुग्णांना ‘डीडीएसएसवाय’ बाबतीत शासनाकडून कोणतेही आदेश मिळालेले नाहीत, असे सांगून परतवून लावले जात आहे.किंवा त्यांना एव्हढी भरमसाठ बिले दिली जात आहेत, जी भरणे सामान्य रुग्णांच्या क्षमतेच्या पलीकडे आहेत . असा एक प्रकार सोशल मीडियावर जोरात प्रसारित होत आहे. ज्यात मडगाव…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: With the Rise of Covid confirmed Patients, it was the need of the hour that the talented Goans come forward to help the Government and our fellow Goans to continue to fight against COVID. Hence the parish of St. John the Baptist Church Hall, along with Goa Dimensions, Business Community along with Toastmasters in Margao joined hands to launched The Benaulim Quarantine Center at the St. John the baptish Hall. Fr. Luico Dias, Parish priest in his announcement today, mentioned that the Center is open to everyone who is asymptomatic or have mild symptoms, and needs a…