We are now told that the Health Center at the Old Ribandar Hospital which was promised to be ready before these monsoons will be inaugurated on 15th August and we assume its 2021.
On this longstanding demand we shall wait for these two months while trusting and hoping that what was promised will actually be delivered.
On 8th October last year local MLA Babush Monserrate promised us that our Health Center would start as a 30 bedded with a 24X7 Casualty cum Trauma unit equipped with all the required facilities while the Health Center would be expanded in stages to be a full fledged Hospital.
‘I will make sure it happens by hook or crook’ is what Babush Monserrate had assured us. So the buck now stops at your door, Mr MLA.
We hope we will see this much needed Health Center which would benefit not only a densely populated Ribandar but also the neighbouring Chimbel, Merces, Old Goa and residents in the Island of Divar, We are awaiting the promised Community Health Center and will not be fooled with just a cosmetic OPD.
At the March CCP polls this year, Babush Monserrate may have drained over a crore each to buy votes in the three Ribandar wards, but he can’t get way without fulfilling all those promises made which includes this Health Center which is a top priority after which he would have to make good amongst others on the assured Football ground, Market and Crematorium for which we will hold him accountable as election promises alike China made goods cannot be without a guarantee or warranty.
