In the wake of the spike in Covid-19 cases in Goa, a local resident has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) at the Goa bank of the Bombay Supreme Court over details of the state government’s preparations for the third wave to find out about coronavirus infections.
The petitioner, Nandgopal Kudchadkar, argued that from just 50 cases a day in January, the state’s daily number of cases rose to 4,000 cases a day in May. “This astronomical increase in cases has exposed the unwillingness of the state.”
He said: “In the past few weeks there has been an acute shortage of oxygen, oxygen concentrators and ventilators at Goa Medical College as well as in district hospitals. This has resulted in many deaths. “
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Regarding new reports, the petition states: The third wave of Covid-19 is inevitableand it would mainly affect children. Kudchadkar argued that in order to overcome the third wave, the Goa government must ensure better health infrastructure than that available during the second wave.
The PIL has requested instructions from the state to urgently establish medical oxygen production facilities at the Goa Medical College and Hospitals and the state’s two district hospitals. She is also looking for information about the availability of beds and wards in the pediatric intensive care unit, as well as the state government’s plans to build capacity.
That being said, the petition argued that the government should disclose the status of state and regional disaster management funds, as well as state and regional disaster management funds, outlining how those funds would be used to mitigate the third wave of Covid-19.
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Meanwhile, the Bombay Supreme Court has also dismissed a motion filed by the Goa government to amend a May 6 order requiring people to submit a negative Covid-19 report before entering Goa.
The Supreme Court had ordered the Goa government to ensure that no one was allowed to enter the state without a negative Covid-19 report received within 72 hours of entering the state.
The state government had applied to change the order on the grounds that the conditions for carrying a Covid-19 negative certificate for all persons entering the state may not be feasible in the current situation.
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Advocate General Devidas J Pangam argued that Goa is highly dependent on neighboring states for essential goods such as food, fruits, vegetables, essential medicines and medical supplies that form the backbone of Covid-19 treatment that crosses state lines is preserved away.
He told the court that a large percentage of the workforce in various institutions and organizations, including medical facilities, are from neighboring countries.
“Under such circumstances we are almost like Delhi. The people live in Noida and Gaziabad. Delhi has not imposed any restrictions as Delhi relies on this workforce. People live in places like Karwar and work here. We should allow the system is working.” To fight Covid-19, we need to have a system that works, “Pangam said.
He also drew on the guidelines of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), which recommended not to test healthy individuals making international domestic travel in order to reduce the burden on laboratories.
“The entire Goa workforce is engaged in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The implementation of a protocol at this stage in relation to the essential service providers and the intergovernmental workforce will exhaust the already extensive administrative apparatus,” said Pangam.
When the divisional bank of Justice MS Sonak and Justice MS Jawalkar heard these arguments, they said, “We don’t stop a system from working. When we found the system was messed up, we had to step in and fix things.”
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