Goemkarponn Desk
PANJIM: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar said that non availability of genome sequencing testing resulted in almost thousand deaths in state
Chodankar also has warned of agitation it steps not taken to start Genome Testing Facility in Goa.
“In our neighboring States, the new variants have already reached. The spread of this variant can be controlled with early detection & containment and hence we should have our own laboratory for genome sequencing testing,” said Chodankar
He further said that Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant should now at least come to his senses and work towards saving the lives of people Chodankar said.
“At present samples from Goa are sent to Pune, which is taking a longer duration to get the result. This is adding to the burden on doctors, medical staff and also results in deterioration of the patients health which may turn fatal,” he added
It is observed that the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant is boasting over the preparedness of the third wave, but nothing concrete is seen on the ground. It is high time that a full fledged laboratory is setup to test all variants of Covid Girish Chodankar said.
If the BJP Government had accepted the advice of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), to establish a laboratory at GMC a year back, many lives would have been saved. Unfortunately, an ICMRC official who had visited Goa to guide GMC on this laboratory was humiliated & sent back by the fraud team of Health Minister.
“Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant must explain why the full fledged testing laboratory is not established till date?” questioned Girish Chodankar.
Congress has also warned the Government to establish this laboratory within the next 15 days or face our agitation. If this government fails to set up a laboratory then it will prove once again that the BJP Government wants to continue with its new identity as “Murderers of Covid Patients said Girish Chodankar.
