PANAJI: The directorate of health services is discharging asymptomatic Covid-19 patients without testing them in order to portray that the government is successful in tackling the pandemic, alleged Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai on Sunday.
Sardesai blamed chief minister Pramod Sawant directly for the rise in the Covid-19 death toll, saying that the government had lost focus and was giving greater attention to infrastructure projects, such as the double tracking of the South Western Railway line, AHOY marina at Nauxi and IIT-Goa campus at Guleli.
“The government should come out with a white paper to tell us how many people have been discharged as cured without testing. The government is fudging the figures to show that all is well,” said Sardesai.
Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte made a similar charge, saying that over 500 coronavirus patients are being discharged without confirmatory tests. “This is clearly being staged to bring down reporting of rising coronavirus cases in Goa risking lives of Goenkars who are holding themselves in their houses out of fear of catching the infection,” Khaunte said.
Sardesai blamed chief minister Pramod Sawant directly for the rise in the Covid-19 death toll, saying that the government had lost focus and was giving greater attention to infrastructure projects, such as the double tracking of the South Western Railway line, AHOY marina at Nauxi and IIT-Goa campus at Guleli.
“The government should come out with a white paper to tell us how many people have been discharged as cured without testing. The government is fudging the figures to show that all is well,” said Sardesai.
Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte made a similar charge, saying that over 500 coronavirus patients are being discharged without confirmatory tests. “This is clearly being staged to bring down reporting of rising coronavirus cases in Goa risking lives of Goenkars who are holding themselves in their houses out of fear of catching the infection,” Khaunte said.
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