VASCO: Acknowledging the delay in the commissioning of the new sub district hospital at Chicalim, Panchayat Minister and Dabolim MLA Mauvin Godinho on Saturday informed that the new facility would be commissioned shortly as government has now decided to make the new hospital operational as soon as possible by shifting the existing equipments to the new facility and utilizing the existing staff from cottage hospital at Chicalim.
“It is true that the there has been a delay in the commissioning of the new sub district hospital at Chicalim, though the work is almost completed. Due to various issues we could not commission the building. It was earlier decided to wait till new medical equipments required in the hospital in place and then get the building commissioned but due to some unavoidable, even this got delayed. Now considering the need, we have decided provide relief to the people,” Godinho said.
