PANJIM: The Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today announced government plan to set up post-covid care clinics across all public heath centers (PHC) to deal with post-infection complications developed amongst the recovered patients. Addressing press conference, Sawant said that these clinics will play an important role in providing required treatment, medication and counselling to the patients, who are cured from the infection. “There are several recovered patients, especially those above 60 years, who have started to develop post-covid complications related to lungs, breath, headache and other disorders,” Sawant said. “The clinics will play an important role in management of…
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Expecting the COVID19 cases to cross 1000-mark everyday and most hospitals running full, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday announced that the government will distribute free oximeters, thermometers, HCQ for home isolation patients to monitor themselves. Rane said that the cases are hovering around 600 per day and he expects the same to rise. “We were expecting the 25,000 to 30,000 cases at the end of September and that is coming true,” he said. He said that since the hospitals are running full it is the duty of the government to make alternate arrangements for the people. “Most hospitals including…
PANJIM: The State Government has directed Directorate of accounts to ensure that the house building advance (HBA) payable to the banks by the beneficiaries are deducted at source from the salary and is paid to banks regularly. The finance department has issued a circular in this regard wherein it has asked Directorate of Accounts to monitor HBA The moves comes following allegations by Goa Forward Party that the HBA deducted from the employees salaries is not deposited in the banks for last three months. The HBA scheme curreny stands withdrawn for new sanctions. “It has been observed that some of…
Even as the State government says that it is making all out efforts to provide best healthcare facilities to the COVID19 patients, photos have now surfaced on social media which shows the patients are made to sleep on the floor. The photographs reveal that in GMC ward no 115 there are no beds and hence patients are made to sleep on the floor with their own arranged beddings. The State as on date has 5030 active cases while confirmed cases have crossed 22890. The government release on Thursday said that there were 162 beds empty in North Goa COVID Care…
PANJIM: Indian Medical Association (IMA) Goa State has successfully completed one month of teleconsultation and support to covid-19 positive home insolation patients across the state. This project was conceptualized by the working committee of IMA Goa under the leadership of state President Dr. Samuel Arawattigi on a PPP model with Government of Goa has benefited more than 4200 patients so far. Out of this 4200 patients around 38 patients needed to b shifted to nearby Civid care centre 4 pts were needed to be shifted to ESI hospital and 6 patients were shifted to GMC. Ima Goa state also provide…
PANJIM: GOACAN has written to the Labour Commissioner asking for a need for an Action Plan to prevent Suicides among workers in Goa in the context of the impact of COVID-19. In a letter to the Labour Commissioner Raju Gawas, GOACAN has pointed out that over the years there have been news reports that workers have committed suicide in different parts of Goa. These workers who have died to suicide have worked in Industrial Estates, Private Companies and at construction sites. There is now concern that there could be an increase in the number of suicides by workers due to…
PANJIM: Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) Supremo Ramkrishna Sudin Dhavalikar has urged the Governor of Goa Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant to call for a 5-day Assembly session in October to discuss issues like Covid-19, Mining resumption, Mhadei river water diversion and state finance. “I urge the Governor of Goa Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant to call for a 5-day Assembly session in October to discuss issues like Covid-19, Mining resumption, Mhadei river water diversion and state finance,” said Dhavalikar