Goa Congress to file case against CM over deaths due to oxygen shortage

Following the deaths of patients at Goa Medical College & Hospital due to lack of oxygen during the past two weeks, Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar said the Congress would file a criminal complaint against chief minister Pramod Sawant and health minister Viswajit Rane.

As per the official press statement, Chodankar said the candid admission by Goa's BJP government before the High Court of Bombay at Goa that there is a substantial deficit of Oxygen supply shows that it is irresponsible and insensitive. He also added that the state is run by incompetent and defective chief minister and health minister.

Chodankar said that patients dying due to insufficient supply of oxygen are nothing but cold-blooded murder of Covid patients by CM and HM. "If health minister admits on camera that he was aware that patients were dying between 2-6 AM on a daily basis and that the death toll in Goa would be around 200-300 per day, why did he not act upon it and ensure that such a calamity is averted. What action had the CM and HM specifically taken to stop Covid deaths regularly between 2 AM and 6 AM?" Chodankar questioned.He said that the Congress is going to file a criminal complaint against both for culpable homicide. He said, "What the duo (Pramod Sawant and Vishwajit Rane) has committed is more horrific than a genocide. They overlooked these deaths on a regular interval and deserve treatment only fit for criminals,"


Chodankar said that as of Thursday, there were a total of 1937 Covid-related deaths, out of which only 41 were officially accepted by the government before the court as deaths due to oxygen shortage.