Controversy erupted in Goa Wednesday after the state health minister’s wife became the first patient to be treated in a plush private ward of a newly inaugurated government hospital. Laxmikant Parsenkar’s wife Smita was recently admitted in the private ward of the Goa Medical College, which comes under the control of the state’s health minister. [...]
An almost 30 per cent increase in lifestyle diseases in the state of Goa has been observed over the last 3 years, according to the Forum for Promoting Employment and Entrepreneurship in Goa (FPEEG) which interacted with over 120 GPs and other specialist doctors including doctors at the Goa Medical College. The FPEEG inputs show [...]
The next time HIV patients in Goa miss their monthly drug regimen, they will get an SMS alert reminding them about the dosage. The state-run Goa State AIDS Control Society (GSACS) has worked out an arrangement with various mobile service providers in the coastal state to launch this unique facility. GSACS Project Director Dr Rajnanda [...]
As Goa drafts its health policy, a leading Delhi-based doctor and former director of the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Dr P.K. Dave has been entrusted the responsibility of finding out what ails the healthcare sector in the state. Health Minister Laxmikant Parsenkar, who is also president of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) [...]
A knee joint which is tailor-made for the Asian population was launched in Goa, and is said to give relief to several people with low body height. Dr Ameya Velingkar, a knee replacement surgeon based in Goa, claimed that the technology is a result of six year long research by an America based company on the [...]
