A meeting of the Ribandar Health Care Committee held yesterday resolved to defer the public protest meeting scheduled on January 26th and to explore legal means to get a Health Centre at the Old Ribandar Hospital.
The meeting also resolved to vehemently oppose any Ayush facility from being set up at the Old Ribandar Hospital. It was further decided to meet Union Ayush Minister Shripad Naik when he returns home next week and urge him to find an alternate site for his proposed Ayush project. The meeting reiterated that the need of a Health Centre has been a consistent demand of the people over the years and in August 2017 during that Panaji by-election the then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had promised the residents of Ribandar that he would ensure that within three months medical facilities were restored at the old Ribandar Hospital while Babush Monserrate in his May 2019 by-election manifesto had also assured the same. Besides the Corporation of the City of Panaji, the Panchayats of Chimbel, Merces, Old Goa and the Panchayats of Sao Matias and Goltim-Navelim in Divar have all sent unanimous resolutions to the Government demanding the setting up of a full fledged 30 bedded Health centre at the Old Ribandar Hospital with round the clock medical facilities. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com