Patients hesitating, says GMCH, HC says current occasions could also be motive

Assuring the High Court of Bombay at Goa that services at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) are among the many greatest Goa, the Advocate General (AG) of the state on Monday stated sufferers are delaying coming to the hospital following media stories, to which the courtroom stated this can be because of the occasions that happened over the previous couple of days
The A-G stated this has had a “reverse effect” and significant sufferers, who’re all referred to GMCH, are coming in at a late stage, making remedy tough. GMCH has been on the centre of a storm after a number of Covid sufferers died on the hospital, a lot of them allegedly as a result of interrupted oxygen provide.
Earlier, HC had noticed that the fabric positioned earlier than it confirmed that sufferers had suffered, and in some instances succumbed to, scarcity of oxygen. On Monday, a division bench led by Justice M S Sonak advised the A-G: “Hesitation of people may have something to do with what has happened over the last five-six days. Videos (of hospital wards) have gone viral. People will naturally feel that.”