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Saturday, 27 July 2019

New South Goa District Hospital - Hospicio, Margao

New South Goa District Hospital - Hospicio, Margao

Foundation stone laid for the 556-bedded district hospital, including a 50-bedded Cancer unit and a 100 bedded super specialty Cardiac Centre etc on 30.12.2008.
Estimated cost 92.66 crore, to be completed in 3 years or 36 months

Stipulated time of commencement 5/11/08

Stipulated time of completion: 4/11/11

Contractor: M/s M Venkata Rao Infra projects Pvt. Ltd, Dona Paula.

Kirloskar consultant Ltd - PMC

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NH17, construction site February 2009

Located at NH17 near South Goa District Collectorate, towards KTC bus Saand Margoa

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Feb 2009, construction site

The under-construction 400-bedded district hospital at Margao is estimated to cost Rs 150 crore including an amount required for the civil works

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March 2011
193 crores including ancillary works like underground drainage, a shopping complex, development of parks, , residential quarters, landscaping etc.

Feb 2013
CM Parrikar said it will ready in 10 months
New district hospital ready by 19/12/13 he said at the time of new collectorate inauguration

Jan 2014
Ready by May 2015 - This announcement was made by chief minister Manohar Parrikar while inaugurating the Navelim panchayat ghar

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April 2014:
Health minister Laxmikant Parsekar has expressed hope of commissioning the new South Goa district hospital in Margao within the next 17-18 months.

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23. 03. 2016
CM Parsekar says it will be ready by Nov 2016
He said it on site on 23.3.16

Dec 11 2016
After having failed to honour their promise of inaugurating the much- delayed under-construction Margao district hospital in December, chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday assured that the hospital will now be completed by February 2017.

April 2017
Health minister Rane and TCP minister Vijay said the hospital will be ready by December 2017.

Again, New Health Minister Viswajit Rane on 29.4.2017 said the Hospital will be ready and inaugurated in April 2018

July 2017
Health Minister Rane said in the Assembly House that the hospital will be ready by May 2018

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Jan 21, 2018
Now CM Parrikar says it may be ready by May 2018 but it will be inaugurated in August with all equipment inside

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April 10, 2018
TCP Minister and local MLA Vijay Sardessai said that the new hospital likely to be commissioned by December 2018 or Dec 19 as per other news on 11.4.18

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23.6.18
Health Minister Viswajit Rane now says it will be commissioned in 6 months, (January 2019?)

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18. 1 2019
South Goa District hospital building ready by June 2019
and handed over to DHS it will then furnish it and ready to use / Occupancy /Inauguration by Sept 30,2019
Says GSIDC and Committee on Public undertaking that conducted inspection of the premises on 18.1.19
The Committee headed by Margao MLA Digambar Kamat, Nuvem MLA Wilfred de Sa, Cuncolim MLA Clafacio Dias, NT dtd 19.1.19

Pics March 2019

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9.7.2019
Now, Margao MLA Digambar Kamat, Committee head said the hospital will be commission by October end 2019

26.7.2019 Goa Assembly floor
The Hospicio hospital will be commissioned in 4 months.
When ready, GSIDC will hand over to DHS by September 2019 total spent so far Rs.216 crores and another 30-35 crores required for improvements (Equipment?) after which the hospital will be inaugurated

Pic August 2019
13.8.19
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Update: 29.10.2019
GSIDC now says it will be ready by November end (2019). TG of 30.10.19
it will then be handed over to DHS
Which could mean, the hospital will only be thrown open / commissioned / inaugurated in January 2020 or later

Update 17.12.19
GSIDC now says it will hand over by January 2020 end
which means Inauguration likely in March/April 2020

Update 24.1.2020
Hospital not ready to handover by end of January 2020 as stated above.
Slow work due to non payments to the contractors

Pics 24.1.20

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Update 29.03.2020
The Hospital (not inaugurated yet) is now declared as Quarantine Centre for ' Corona Virus Covid-19'
Fully operational Hospital likely after 15th March say CM

Update: 8.5.2020
OPDs (Out Patients Departments) from old Hospicio Hospital to start from New Hospital as from Monday 11.05.2020 followed by shifting of other departments, wards etc

Pics 23.5.20

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Update: 16.6.2020

Remaining wards of old Hospicio Hospital started shifting from 16.6.20 like medicine wards but shifting of operation theatre may take some time as it is still not ready? or need to be handed over to DHS by GSIDC, once ready

Update 19.8.2020

The South Goa District Hospital likely to be fully operational by 1st September 2020

GSIDC to hand over to DHS by 25th August 2020 as they were given 30 days deadline to handover.

Four operation theatres OT already commissioned and another four OTs will be ready by 22nd August 2020 and the remaining three (OTs) will be commissioned by 28th August 2020. (11 OTs).

Old Hospicio hospital will be used as Covid Hospital for pre-natal and Ante -natal patients as from September 2020

NT pg2 20.8.20

Update 8.9.2020

The New Hospital is now Covid Hospital eff.11.9.20

Due to rising Corona / Covid-19 cases in Goa, the Government converting the Margao South Goa District Hospital into a dedicated Covid Hospital.

Goa has 3 other Covid hospitals Viz ESI Margao since March 27, Ponda Sub District Hospital since August 12 and GMC Bambolim for extremely Covid critical patients in 3 wards no. 145, 146 and 147 since August 24. Besides, old Hospicio for Pre-natal and ante natal Covid patients (this may also shift to new hospital)

New South Goa District Hospital likely to operated as Covid Hospital from Friday 11th September 2020. In the mean time, all OPDs, Male/Female wards etc from new hospital are being shifted back to old Hospicio Hospital.

New SGDH Covid Hospital to start from 19th Sept. 2020 says Health Minister Rane on 13.9.20

Missed, missing deadlines so far
Stipulated time of completion: 4/11/11 - Congress
New district hospital ready by 19/12/13 - Parrikar
Ready by May 2015 - Parrikar
CM Parsekar says it will be ready by Nov 2016
hospital will now be completed by February 2017 - Parsekar CM
Hospital will be ready by December 2017 - Health Minister Rane
Hospital will be ready and inaugurated in April 2018 - Health Minister Rane
Hospital will be ready and inaugurated in January 2019 - Minister Rane
Ready by June 2019, inauguration by Sept 30, 2019 GSIDC, Committee Kamat
Margao MLA Kamat, Committee head said the hospital will be commissioned by October end 2019
The Hospicio hospital will be commissioned in 4 months - by November 2019 - Assembly floor
GSIDC says it will be ready by November end (2019)
GSIDC now says it will hand over to DHS by January end 2020
CM Sawant said in the Assembly House on 5.2.2020 that contractors will be paid before March and that work will be completed in 2 months (after payments to contractors) which could mean the new hospital will be ready to inaugurate only after June ?

March 2010 Photo
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Old / existing Hospicio, Margao
Hospicio do Sagrado Coracao de Maria
Completes 150 years of existence in 2018.
The hospital was started by Fr Antonio Joao de Miranda

Pic 2006

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Pic January 2013

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Monday, 8 April 2019

Jet Airways connecting flights cancellation, new booking, baggage allowance etc

Jet Airways connecting flights cancellation, new booking, baggage allowance etc

This information / message mainly to target Jet 9W international flight passengers such as

London - Bom – Goa sector etc

Many of you may be aware of the problems faced by the ailing airline Jet Airways due to which so many last minute flights cancellations etc (Similar problems faced by then Kingfisher Airlines and they never even bothered to inform their passengers)

After booking LONDON – MUMBAI – GOA return Jet Airways recently, passengers got mail to intimate cancellation of their domestic connecting flights say BOM – GOA sector without even making alternate arrangement.
No answer when tried to contact over phone, call centre etc

The email
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Flight BOM-GOA
PNR status - Cancelled

This means, you will have to make your own arrangement. Flights booking for travel within a week don’t come cheap. It can range from 4500 to 9000

Next important point you need to consider is the FREE baggage allowance by Domestic Airlines

Your International flight e.g. JET Airways may have allowed you upto 40KG free luggage allowance upto the airport of the final destination i.e. Goa / Dabolim in this case.

Most domestic airlines (Except AI) allow you only 15kg free baggage allowance and excess baggage may be charged at Rs.400 per kg or say 350/kg if pre-booked

AIR India AI offers free 25kg on its domestic routes, excess baggage Rs.500 per kg or little less if pre-booked at the time of booking ticket

Some tips:
1.
If you had to pay for 10KG excess baggage paying say 4000-5000, try to explore booking business Class ticket fare is around 10,500 but baggage allowance is 35kg
e.g. if Economy ticket costing you say Rs. 8000 with 15/25kg baggage allowance and if you had to pay or pre-book excess 10 kg thus paying 4000-5000 (ticket cost would be 12000-13000). Just use 3000 of it to buy Business Class which will give you 35kg baggage allowance and ticket cost in this case would be less than 11000.
2.
Always buy a travel insurance, if you are likely to travel more than once in a year, buy annual multi-trip travel insurance.
Check with your employers or trade / labour unions if they provide concessional travel insurance including family insurance.
3.

When booking online, after taxes and discount, offers if any, it may say this is what you will pay e.g. 7000. But be prepared to pay additional upto 385 towards ‘online processing fees’ at time of making final payment.

More tips / info /suggestions/ corrections welcome

News update: 11.4.2019

Cash-strapped Jet Airways cancels all international flights
Later in the evening, it cancelled the remaining overseas flights to Amsterdam, Paris and London. However, Jet Airways has issued a clarification saying that inward international flights to India are on schedule.

Read more at:
//economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/68836939.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Update
Jet Airways grounded effective 17.4.2019
(No Domestic Flights, No International Flights)

Monday, 18 March 2019

Manohar Parrikar, goodbye

Manohar Parrikar, Chief Minister of Goa died on 17.3.2019 , funeral took place on 18th March 2019 at Miramar beach next to Dayanand Bandodkar Samadhi or memorial.
Chief Minister's mortal remains were kept at Kala Academy for public to pay last respect from 10.30am to 4.30pm.

4 times Chief Minister of Goa and also Défense Minister of India
13.12.1955 - 17.03.2019 (64)

Manohar Parrikar died of Pancreatic Cancer which was first diagnosed in Mid February 2018

Timeline..
Feb. 14 he was admitted to GMC Goa Medical College
Feb 15 transferred to Lilavati Hospital Mumbai
Feb 22 Returns and attended Goa Assembly budget session
Feb. 25 back to GMC
March 1, discharged from GMC
March 5 again to Lilavati Mumbai
March 6 flew to USA for treatment
June 14 Returns from US, NYC
July 19 - Aug 03 saw in the Goa Assembly session
August 10 back to US for treatment
August 22, returns from USA
August 23, to Lilavati again, 3rd time
August 29 to USA, 3rd time
September 6, returns from US
September 13, admitted to Ducle Hospital, Candolim
Sept. 14 to AIIMS New Delhi (All India Institute of Medical Sciences
October 14, discharged from AIIMS
October 14 back to Dona Paula, his residence
October 27, Health Minister officially confirms that Parrikar illness due to pancreatic Cancer
November 11, Parrikar taken to GMC for routine check-up
December 16, Parrikar inspects the progress of third Mandovi bridge - Seen on the bridge, pics
January 2019, Parrikar visits Secretariat Porvorim on new year's day
January 2, visits secretariat again
January 14, visit the 3rd Mandovi bridge, again
January 27, makes first public speech on the new bridge - Atal Setu inauguration, watch video below
January 29-31, Goa Assembly session
January 31, taken to AIIMS, Delhi
February 6, Back from AIIMS
February 20-22, some reports says Parrikar was on oxygen
February 23, shifted to GMC at night
February 26, discharged from GMC
March 3, Back to GMC
March 11, GMC again for check-up, Scan etc
March 15, Parrikar's health deteriorated, critical
March 17, Manohar Parrikar died. RIP

Pics and videos below

At Kala Academy
Mortal remains were kept at Kala Academy from 10.30am to 4.30pm
Public paying respects