TEAM HERALD
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MARGAO: There’s a good news in store for the people of South Goa. After a long delay, the district hospital under construction at Margao will be commissioned by May next year.
While the first four floors of the building under construction will be used to house the district hospital, the remaining top two floors will house a nursing school.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said in Navelim that the government has taken a final decision to complete the hospital at the earliest. “The previous government must have spent only Rs 30 crore on the building. My government will have to spent minimum of Rs 200 crore to complete the project”, he said.
Saying that work on the hospital project has resumed after a break, the Chief Minister said the pace of the work is expected to increase in the coming days. “My government is committed to complete the district hospital project within a year’s time. It will be commissioned by May next year”, he said.
The Chief Minister’s statement has put to rest speculation and doubts over the government’s dilly dallying tactics in completing the project.
The previous Congress government had planned a ground plus six floor district hospital building to cater to the medical needs of the people of South Goa. The return of the Parrikar government saw the dispensation raising doubts about the use of the entire building for the hospital, with the Health Minister, Laxmikant Parsekar mooting Goa’s second medical college in the proposed district hospital building, only to be shelved later.
Much time was lost in the bargain with the government proving to be indecisive on whether to utilise the entire building for the hospital or use the top two floors to run a nursing school or para-medical courses.
