“If I cannot bring the necessary order in the Government Hospitals in Goa, then nobody will ever be able to do”, said once by the first Health Minister of Goa Mr. Karmali. He used to work day and night to give good service to the Goans just as they were getting during the Portuguese rule in Goan hospitals. Unfortunately with his relentless efforts he failed because the rot that we borrowed from Bharat serkar is too deep rooted in our system and in too short a time. Government hospitals in Goa are plagued not only by the ill-equipped medical service with some arrogant doctors and rude nurses but administratively they are very ill administered by the low grade administrators.
If the security personnel were a bit courteous and decent things would not have reached to the level it reached during the trouble between the two ladies and the Vishwajit Rane at Hospicio Margao. The security manned by the uncultured personnel most of them are called “Ghanttis” should be held responsible first and secondly the Minister himself for acting like a Maharaja and expecting the same type of treatment from the staff and visitors in the hospitals. This is typical of Ranes behaviour during the Portuguese regime from whom they enjoyed lot of benefits. And falsely they considered themselves as anti-Portuguese.
There were “Xemaecheo Kannio” told us when we were young saying that Rannos were bad people. Most of the bad habbits of those days were associated with Ranos. They were with the backing of Portuguese serkar living like Monarchs and acting like Monarchs only. See that “kalcho-porcho potto” at Hospicio Hospital how he was speaking as if Goa and Hospicio were his father’s property. He forgot that he was a public servant and instead he should have maintained certain decorum and not act like those who failed to show such a decorum while discussing.
Vishwajit Rane said “I am a minister and not a labourer” and as such he deserved decency from the ladies arguing with him. Fine, but he should not expect the treatment of a Monarch though he is Monarch for his father and mother, for us he is a public servant and as such he must act as a servant and not as a feudal lord. Good that none of the ladies give a solid slap on his face though it was looking like happening. But with this incident, assaulting the Ministers physically and verbally will be a routine happening. Both those ladies created a base for others to take the law into their hands. There will be more violence now even kidnapping of Ministers’ children and grand children will take place because people are disgusted with the Ministers who are spreading lawlessness and corruption in every segment of our society.
By the way, can a civilized and decent person treat a corrupt public servant with decency? This is the big question. Is Vishwajit Rane not a “fotting”and a traitor? If not then why he deserted Congress and joined BJP? Is he not a corrupt? Which good person will respect him when he does not deserve respect? He has created a fear complex into the Medicos working in GMC and elsewhere with dire consequesces without proper reason. This will reflect on Parricar in the next election otherwise he should be sacked from Health Ministry because he is still a KID.
A.Veronica Fernandes.