Adv. Aires Rodrigues has urged Chief Minister Pramod Sawant in public interest not to allow the Ayush Center to be set up at the Old Ribandar Hospital and to earmark the entire premises for the setting up of a full fledged Community Health Center for the benefit of the public.
Stating that the Ayush Center cannot be permitted on the ground floor of the Old Ribandar Hospital, Adv. Rodrigues has pointed out that the Casualty cum Trauma Unit would have to be set up there along with the MRI, X-ray, Sonography and other allied facilities.
Adv. Rodrigues has stated that the government as promised should initially start with a 30 bedded Health Center which can be expanded in stages into a full fledged hospital.
Pointing out that this much needed Health Center would benefit not only a densely populated Ribandar but also the neighbouring Chimbel, Merces, Old Goa and the residents in the Island of Divar, Adv. Rodrigues has stated that all these Panchayats and the CCP as well have passed unanimous resolutions urging the government to set up full fledged medical facilities at the Old Ribandar Hospital.
While calling upon the Chief Minister to direct the Ayush Ministry to set up its centre elsewhere, Adv. Rodrigues has stated that the Ayush Minister Shripad Naik should realize that after his road accident earlier this year he successfully recovered not on account of Ayush medication but the allopathic treatment he received at the Goa Medical College.
Adv. Rodrigues has also stated that the Ayush Ministry having crores of rupees allocated to it there must be a meticulous investigation to ascertain that there is no mismanagement or siphoning of funds.
Adv. Rodrigues has further demanded an inquiry into whether a close family member of Ayush Minister Shripad Naik has been acting as a broker in finalisng deals with all India suppliers of Ayush products.
