MARGAO

Doctors, nurses, and Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) at the 500-bedded South Goa District hospital cry for help as the hospital is facing manpower crisis.

They seemed to have a clear and urgent appeal to the government: "Please send the promised staff and save the hospital system from collapse."

Their plea comes as no surprise. Ever since the government increased the hospital’s bed capacity from 350 to 500 a month ago on August 22, the existing staff has been stretched beyond limits, struggling to meet the demands of the additional patient load.

The move to increase the bed strength was aimed at ensuring that no patient would be left to receive treatment on stretchers or wheelchairs — but it came without the necessary reinforcements in human resources.

The Goan understands that w

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