Governor, Goa CM will work together to win Covid battle: Raj Bhavan

PANAJI: Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday extended full support to the Goa government in its fight against Covid-19. The move came two days after he on Thursday heavily criticised chief minister Pramod Sawant’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, warning him to “pull up his socks” and that Delhi was keeping a close watch.
Sawant met Malik again on Friday and discussed a range of issues pertaining to Covid-19 management. “The governor and chief minister pledged to continue to work in full cooperation and synergy in order to win the battle against the contagion and in the interest of the state,” Raj Bhavan said in a statement after the meet.
Sawant, too, said that the governor’s observations and suggestions would be acted upon by the government in right earnest.
On Thursday, Malik slammed Sawant’s handling of the pandemic. “The main problem is that we got satisfied at a time when we should not have been satisfied,” he had said.
“When people were calling for a lockdown in Vasco, we did not do it. Now that it has increased, we are going for a lockdown. This is an error of judgement,” Malik had said.
He had also said the deaths taking place due to Covid cannot be simply classified as comorbid deaths, and the government cannot wash its hands off.
“If a cancer patient gets Covid and he is sent to the Covid hospital, he is treated with paracetamol tablets. This cannot continue. I have given clear instructions to the government to treat patients with co-morbidities properly and not put them under a similar treatment like the other patients,” Malik had told TOI.