The Health Minister has no moral right to continue in his chair, says Congress

Margao: Demanding the resignation of Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar on Wednesday said that Rane has no moral right to continue in his chair and must resign immediately.

Chodankar criticised the govt over the lethargy and negligence at GMC, which he alleged had resulted in the death of eminent doctor Mario Godinho. 

“The reports of complete lethargy and negligence at GMC, which resulted in the unfortunate death of an eminent doctor from Margao Dr Mario Godinho, have once again exposed the ill-preparedness of the “defective” BJP government in managing the COVID pandemic,” said Chodankar.

“It is disturbing to note that Dr Godinho was made to sleep on the stretcher for almost six hours. It is horrifying to know that the ventilator provided to Dr Godinho broke down almost four times,” Girish claimed, while pointing out to other reports of issues the Dr Godinho allegedly faced at GMC.

“We once again demand that the Government must order impartial judicial inquiry by a retired High Court Judge into all the deaths which have occurred due to COVID in Goa,” Chodankar said.

“The government  failed to create necessary health infrastructure and other facilities to treat COVID patients, which has now resulted in a spike in COVID cases and the rise in the death toll. The ‘insensitive” BJP government’ deliberately” delayed the commissioning of the South Goa District Hospital despite our CLP Leader Digambar Kamat in early April demanding that the said hospital be declared as COVID Hospital. The lethargic approach of the government resulted in COVID patients forced to sleep on the floors and stretchers”, he claimed.

“The government is busy in making fortunes from ‘Business of People’s Sickness’ Chodankar alleged.