PANJIM: Alleging that the government is playing with the health of people of the State. Political analyst Trajano D’Mello demanded established full-fledged testing laboratories and centres for checking adulteration with nominal fees.
Trajano alleged that food adulteration be it fish, meat, fruits, vegetables, sweets, etc has been going on unchecked for years and launched a scathing attack on the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA).
Coming down heavily on the FDA, Trajano said that the FDA is a lame-duck department where corruption rules.
“Corrupt officials prosper in Goa which had been seen over time, especially under the BJP government,” said Trajano.
Referring to the data shared by the Health Minister in the last Assembly session in August 2023, Trajano said the number of cancer cases in Goa has been on the rise in recent years. In 2021, there were 440 new cases of cancer detected in the State, and this number has increased to 843 in 2022, and 1,273 in 2023.
