Goa only state in country providing 80 crore-rupee medicines to patients free : Vishwajit

01 Mar 2019 06:52 PM

Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said Goa is the only state in the country that spends between 70 and 80 crore rupees on providing free medicines and other facilities to the patients.



Vishwajit was speaking at the foundation stone -laying ceremony of Tertiary Care Cancer Centre at Dr Shyamaprasad Indoor Stadium in Bambolim.


The tertiary cancer care centre will come up near Goa Medical College and Hospital.


A day care centre for mentlly ill patients at Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour was also launched on the occasion.


South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar along with Health Minister Vishwajit Rane also launched Advanced Life Saving System ambulances. 

Desk: | Camera: Irshad Shaikh



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