Goa’s healthcare system has collapsed, claims Kejriwal; asks CM to follow AAP’s Punjab model
PANAJI: (Jul 4) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to adopt Punjab’s Rs 10 lakh health insurance scheme, claiming that the BJP-ruled coastal state’s public healthcare system has “collapsed”.
Addressing a press conference here, Kejriwal said nearly 90 per cent of Goa’s population depends on government healthcare as private treatment is beyond the reach of most families, especially in case of serious illness.
The Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) in Goa has failed to benefit people, while Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC), the state’s only super-speciality government hospital, is overcrowded, and other government hospitals are plagued by staff shortages, lack of specialists, inadequate infrastructure and shortage of medicines, the former Delhi chief minister claimed.
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