Parsekar also expressed concern over Ebola virus and said that locals should avoid interaction with foreign visitors, at least for 21 days, especially those coming from the virus-hit African nations.
“It is neither in my hands nor the Dean’s… There was some disruption of power and water issues. We had made alternate arrangement with six generators of 500 KV and rented out two more. On the issue of water, how will it flow 24×7 (when the hospital was running) on generators,” he said replying to demands for grants on Health, at the Goa Assembly, Monday.
The minister nonetheless assured to see that the problems do not surface again. Despite the difficulties, he said emergency and other operations were carried out at the GMC.
In the wake of several complaints over soiled hospital linen, the government has decided to outsource the cleaning of laundry and also replace old linen.
Parsekar boasted that Goa has the least Infant Mortality Rate compared to the other states and as such Centre has allotted Rs 87.11 crore – far better outlay than that given to some bigger states.
