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PANJIM: The State government has absolutely no clue about the affairs or assets of Santa Casa da Misericordia de Goa, the welfare institution which was taken over by the Goa government after Liberation.
To a question by Opposition MLA seeking details of movable and immovable properties of the institution on the date of takeover, whether these have been sold, leased or transferred and whether accounts of the institution have been audited for the last three years, all that the Health Minister Laxmikant Parsekar could say was: “Details are not available with the department.”
The only thing the government seems to know is that the institution existed prior to integration of Goa with the Indian union and after Liberation it was taken over by the State.
The Santa Casa da Misericórdia (Holy House of Mercy) is a Portuguese charity founded in Lisbon in 1498 by Queen Leonor of Portugal. After the Lisbon Santa Casa da Misericórdia, similar organizations were created in many other cities and towns of Portugal and across the Portuguese empire.
During the Portuguese rule, the home used to take care of orphans, abandoned women and persons from weaker sections of the society.
