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Augusto Pinto's avatar

While the whole GMC episode stinks, there are some things related to the health sector which got the publicity it deserves on account of the scandal.

For instance many of the malaises of the GMC like the problems related to water, the lack of a proper system to deal with patients, the hygeine of the GMC and other health centres, the arrogance of the personnel including the doctors but also others from the cleaning staff upwards owing to the fact that they have likely been either appointed out of influence or because they purchased their posts and so on.

In fact there was even support for what Rane had done on the ground that the medical sector treats people very badly and at least some of them need to be more considerate to the patient.

There was also discussion about the private health sector many of whom specialise in fleecing the patient of all their savings by needlessly prescribing all sorts of expensive procedures. (By the way I'm not saying that these procedures shouldn't be done when required but I am pointing to the lack of trust between the health care providers and the citizens.)

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GERARD DESOUZA's avatar

Rane's departments, more than any other, run not based on any rules, regulations, systems or protocol but based on what he says should happen.

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Jerry's avatar

Our "large hearted" politicians usually tend to have deep pockets. Rane should have been given the 'chair treatment' by the doctors WWE style.

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Vincent D'Souza's avatar

I am no fan of the health industry, but the entitlement attitude of these politicians stinks to high heaven. These turncoats need to be put in their place.

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Tarshish Pereira's avatar

The health minister is vying for the CM's chair and the CM is trying very hard to hold on to it. That's why he undertook the firefighting exercise.

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GERARD DESOUZA's avatar

He had a wonderful opportunity to use public pressure to ask his minister to fall in line. Instead he chose to take up for him.

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Tarshish Pereira's avatar

Politics is the theater of the absurd

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99 Goa's avatar

In Government Service, Uniformed or Otherwise; Top Guns maintain a Logbook of "Favours Delivered" and "Favours Received" to their compatriots.

It always comes in handy, if you have "delivered more". That's the reason why Sawant did not take the opportunity.

He would use the "Logbook" at right time.

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Alaric Gomes's avatar

‘Spine’ - it’s not just a five-letter word!!! Sadly, we couldn’t see it all along… perhaps all of them actually sat on it!!!

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