PANJIM: All India Congress Committee (AICC) Goa incharge Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday asked the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) to work for the COVID-19 infected people and try to save as many lives as possible. Even if you succeed in saving one life it is an incredible job, he said while addressing the Congress members via video conferencing to review party’s COVID control room and helpline activity.
“We need to keep politics aside as advised by our leader Rahul Gandhi ji and all of us need to focus on fighting COVID-19 pandemic,” Rao said.
Expressing his satisfaction over the working of COVID control room and helpline team, Rao advised them to work out other alternatives to reach out to the people in distress and give them helping hand.
Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat informed the team that he already had two rounds of meetings with the Collector wherein he has asked to start mobile testing facility.
He also informed the participants that demand is put for increasing bed capacity of the South Goa District Hospital, Margao and at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim.
GPCC President Girish Chodankar expressed his concerns over non availability of beds for the patients as Goa is working at 25 per cent above its capacity in COVID as well as private hospitals.
He stated that in many government hospitals COVID-19 patients are made to sleep on floors, chairs and stretchers.
The GPCC COVID control room and helpline Chairperson Dr Pramod Salgaocar informed the participants about the functioning of the COVID control room set up by the Congress Party.
She said the members could reach out to many people and help patients and their families.
“We are getting good support and appreciation from civil society,” she said.
Youth Congress President Varad Mardolkar briefed about the control room set up by them and assured to work in proper sync with the Congress COVID control room cell.
He said Youth Congress members are working on ground by visiting hospitals and houses and extending help to needy people.
Congress Seva Dal Chairman Shankar Kirlapalkar informed the members on their efforts of providing food packets to those who are in home quarantine or in isolation.
