VASCO: Against the backdrop of recent protests against the Chicalim sub-district hospital, Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida held a meeting to take stock of the conditions at the beleaguered hospital.
At this meeting, various shortages were highlighted such as lack of staff and other facilities to improve the medical services.
Sources revealed that after the joint review meeting, the MLA convened another meeting with the Director of the Health Department, local councillors and Chicalim medical staff.
At this meeting, Dr Borkar of Chicalim hospital put forward the difficulties they face, as discussed in the earlier meeting. To this, the Director of Health, along with the MLA, assured to clear the files and fulfill their demands soon.
It maybe recalled that Dr Borkar had recently spoken about how the hospital faces a shortage of housekeeping staff, drivers and ambulances.
At that time, during his interaction with the media, he had stated that the proposal for regarding the facility management system had been sent to higher authorities for sanction and that they would also need technical personnel to run the sophisticated system.
Locals have long been complaining about how, since its inauguration in January 2019, the state of the art hospital has been marred with various problems owing to the shortage of staff and facilities. Locals point to the machinery lying idle and also question how even after the upgradation of the hospital, the institution is yet to be allotted a medical superintendent and that the health officer in charge is managing the work without the necessary infrastructure to cater to the patients.
