Panaji: May 26, 2016 … The launch of Diabetic Retinopathy program in Goa by Goa Medical College with support from Public Health Foundation of India, London School of Hygine and Tropical Medicine and HV Desai Eye Hospital.

The Diabetic Program is supported by the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubile Trust.

PHFI has signed a MOU with MOHFW Government of Goa for strengthening the Public Health system for prevention of blindness from Diabetic Retinopathy.

In collaboration with HV Desai Eye Hospital Goa Medical College will support the Directorate of Health Services to implement the program to prevent blindness from Diabetic Retinopathy. (screening, early detection and treatment) .

The primary objective of the Trust funded program is to strengthen and integrate services for prevention, screening and management of diabetic retinopathy into the public health system. In India, the trust has approved a project proposal by PHFI and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK) (for the period 2015 -2018) to strengthen and integrate services for prevention, screening and management of diabetic retinopathy into the public health system.

Goa is selected as one of the states in India with both districts North and South for this programme. Launching ceremony is being held in Library Auditorium  of Goa Medical College on May 26, 2016 between 11 to 2.00 pm.

Panaji: May 25, 2016 …. The District Magistrate, North Goa has ordered that the Campal Parade Ground and Azad Maidan shall be the two designated locations for organizing protest rallies, morchas, processions, hunger strikes, dharnas, agitations and other forms of protests in Panaji city.

Any such activities taking place outside these specified locations, would be treated as illegal and any person or persons violating this order would be punished under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.

Panaji : May 24, 2016 …. North Goa District Collectorate has invited expression of interest from eligible bidders registered in the State of Goa for the supply, installation, testing, commissioning, operation and maintenance of LED Video Wall for displaying community aware messages.

Interested parties are requested to purchase EOI documents from this office on payment of Rs. 2500/-. The Last date to purchase EOI document on June 1, 2016, at 5.00 p.m. The Last due to submit EOI documents on June 6, 2016 at 5.00 p.m.

Earnest Money Deposit of Rs. 50,000/- in the form of Demand Draft favoring the Collector, North Goa, Collectorate, Panaji Goa has to be submitted alongwith the EOI.

Panaji:  May 23, 2016 … Minister for Industries, Shri Mahadev Naik inaugurated ‘Handicrafts on Wheels’ at a function held at Neuginagar, Crafts Complex, Panaji recently.

The function was organized by Goa Handicrafts Rural and Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Ltd. The Goan handicrafts items made by local Artisans will be made available on handicrafts on Wheel.

 Speaking on the occasion Shri Naik said that the concept of Handicrafts on Wheel is to give exposure to the Goan rural artist and to provide a platform to market the product of the artisans. As many as 50 lakhs tourist visit the State every year and most of them get attracted to the handicrafts items. The concept Handicrafts on Wheel will go a long way to exhibit the rural talent of artist at national and international level, he remarked.

 Shri Naik said Government is working towards the welfare of the people and have rightly launched various schemes for the progress of its citizen. The government has been providing a helping hand to manage the affairs of one’s household especially of the weaker section of the society by way of various schemes, he pointed.

 Shri Naik complimented the Managing Director GHRSSIDC, Shri Navin S.L. (IAS) for his dedicated efforts and ideas towards introducing and implementing various initiatives in Goa Handicrafts Corporation which he said will go a long way in exposing Goan artist and generate revenue.

 Speaking on the occasion MLA and Chairman GHRSSIDC, Shri Lavoo Mamledar said that the concept of Handicrafts on Wheel is to provide a market for Goan Handicrafts item made by local artisans.  He informed that the vehicle will be kept at prominent locations at various market places, beaches, Jatra festivals etc.

 Shri Mamlekar appealed to the workers to work dedicatedly to bring laurels to their institution.

 Smt Radha Naik General Manager, GHRSSIDC, read out the report of GHRSSIDC.

 Shri Irwin Soares, Board Director, GHRSSIDC, and Shri Ashok Naik, Director Industries, Trade and Commerce were present on the occasion.

Industry Minister also distributed certificates to the Artists who were trained in Handicrafts items conducted by GHRSSIDC.

 Shri Naveen S.L. (IAS) welcomed the guests while Shri Santosh Salkar proposed vote of thanks.

Panaji: May 22, 2016 …. The Chief Minister, Shri Laxmikant Parsekar has appealed to the members of Lions Club to work together to identify, develop and encourage opportunities for present and future Lions leaders.

 Chief Minister inaugurated Training Programme organized by Lions Club for Club and District Officers of Lions Club International recently.

 Speaking further Chief Minister said, humanitarian service is a mission of Lions Clubs International and they are doing it in the right manner. He appreciated the work of Lions Club particularly in the field of Education, Social and other areas.

 Others dignitaries present on the occasion were Shri Ashok Mehta, Daara Patel, Santosh Chauhan, Aspi Cooper.

 Earlier Ln. Armaity Cooper welcomed. Ln. Shri Mohan Kurade introduced the Chief Guest, Ln. Ms. Varsha Vora presented a prayer and Ln. Dr. Anant Jhaveri proposed vote of thanks.

Panaji: May 21,2016 … The Chief Minister, Shri Laxmikant Parsekar asserted the need for development of various places from Pernem Taluka keeping in view their touristic importance and the construction of proposed International Airport at Mopa.

          Speaking as Chief Guest after inaugurating the newly constructed hall of Shree Bhagwati  Devasthan at Parsem  recently suggested the devasthan committee to submit proposal for the beautification of temple and the surrounding area.

Speaking further Shri Parsekar called for proper and effective use of such community halls for people to get together for social causes and for the betterment of society. He complimented the stakeholders of Bhagwati Devasthan Committee in their endeavor to construct the hall.

 The WRD Minister Shri Dayanand Mandrekar in his address said that halls are places for social interaction for people to come together to discuss and have a dialogue on social issues for the welfare of the people living within its vicinity.

 Shri Arun Bankar, ZP Member; Shri Gopal Bhisaji, Sarpanch; Shri Sameer Laad, Shri Nanasaheb Dessai, Members of Devasthan Committee, Shri Dipak Kalangutkar Ex-ZP Member and others attended the function.

Shri Surendra Prabhu Parsekar, President of Devasthan Committee welcomed the guests.

The function was compered by Shri Ulhas Arolkar while Shri Laxman Prabhu Desai proposed the vote of thanks.

Earlier the Chief Minister Shri Parsekar visited the construction site of spans for Mandovi River Cable Stay Bridge at Dhargalim along with Panchayat Minister, Shri. Rajendra Arlekar and Shri Arvind Nerurkar,  Project Head L&T.

Thereafter, he also commenced the construction work of footpath near Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Harmal being constructed at a cost of Rs. 90 lakhs and distributed sanction orders under Laadli Laxmi Scheme to 6 beneficiaries at Agarwada.

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Panaji:May 20, 2016, …. The Collectorate of North Goa District has set up Taluka level Control rooms as a prepardness measure to tackle any kind of unforeseen emergency occurring during the monsoon.

The general public may report any incident/calamity that may arise due to heavy rainfall in monsoon so as to enable the Government machinery to respond promptly on the following emergency control rooms.

Collectorate of North Goa District, Panaji,Goa- 2225383, 2225083, 2427690 Mamlatdar Bardez- 2262210, Mamlatdar Pernem-2201411, Mamlatdar Bicholim-2362237, Mamlatdar Sattari-2374090 and also has 1077 as a toll free no.

The Control Room of Mamlatdar Tiswadi will be the same as mentioned for Collectorate of North Goa, Panaji.

Panaji:  May 19, 2016 … The Government of Goa is organizing Special Aadhaar Enrollment Drives for the residence of Quepem Taluka in South Goa District free of cost with special emphasis on enrollment of children in the age-group of 0-18 years. 

All the residents of this Taluka, Schools/Educational Institutions and Child Development Programme Officers at the Block level are requested to come forward and ensure that all the residents not enrolled earlier for Aadhaar get themselves enrolled during these drives.

The Enrollment Drive will be start from 10 am onwards from May 16 to May 18, 2016 at Village Panchayat Xeldem, on May 19, 20 and 23  at Village Panchayat Morpila and at Village Panchayat Fatorpa from May 24 to May 26, 2016.

May 18, 2016 … Shri G. S. Saini, Director of the National Civil Defence College, Nagpur was invited by the Collector North Goa Collector Smt. Nila Mohanan, IAS to interact with the Sub Divisional Officers and Mamlatdars of North Goa on managing hazardous situations and emergency handling.

Shri Saini, interacted with the officers on Incident Management explaining the need for developing skilled personnel to handle various task necessary to achieve success and reduce losses  during the interaction at Conference of the Collectorate North Goa recently . .

Deputy Controller of Civil Defence, Shri Damodar Shanke, Additional Collector North, Shri Arvind Bugde, Information Officer, Shri John Aguiar, Chief Warden, Shri Mohan Deshprabhu, Shri Mahadeo Araundekar and others.

Earlier Shri Arvind Budge welcomed while Collector Smt. Mohanan proposed a vote of thanks.

Earlier Dr. Saini visited Police Headquarters  and interacted  with the Wardens, Civil Defence Volunteers and Home Guards of Goa. He explained the role of CD wardens and volunteers and the Home Guards  the need to become more vibrant and raise the preparedness level to serve the society. 

Also present were Deputy Controller, Shri Damodar Shanke, Civil Defence medical Officer dr. Paresh Lawande, PRO of Goa Police and Coy. Commander HG, Shri John Aguiar, Chief  Warden, Shri Mohan Deshprabhu, Adv. Harsha Naik and others.raise the preparedness level

Chief Warden Civil Defence  Shri Mohan Deshprabhu welcomed while Shri John Aguiar proposed a vote of thanks.

Panaji:  May 17, 2016 …. Dy. Chief Minister, Shri Francis D’Souza has announced that Government will soon launch Dayanand Universal Health Insurance Scheme to cater to the health care needs of people wherein health cards will be provided to every family residing in Goa for more than five years.

Government, Shri D’souza said, has also decided to lay foundation stone for 500 bedded Super Specialty Hospital at the hands of Hon’ble  Prime Minister of India.

Shri D’Souza was speaking at a function organised to observe International Nursing’s Day by Trained Nurses Association of India, Goa State Branch in Collaboration with Institute of Nursing Education at Bambolim, recently.

Speaking further Dy. Chief Minister said this Health Insurance Scheme envisages to will cover more than 447 intervening ailments to human beings including Diabetes. Government, private Hospitals and some reputed hospital from outside Goa will be empanelled for meeting the medical needs under this scheme. A United India Insurance Co. Ltd have been selected for this task for which Government will have to pay Rs 120 crore, he added.  

Shri D’Souza said Goa holds the distinction of being the number one State in health care sector among the Union of states in India. Goa has a shortage of nurses, he said and appealed to the nurses to perform their duty dedicatedly and maintained good rapport so as to bring smile on the faces of patient.  The role of nurses is very important in the health care. They are backbone of health care system, he pointed out.

Smt Avita Fernandes, Clinical Instructor and guest Speaker maintained that the services of nurses are for 24X7 days. There will be short fall of 10.1 million skilled health professional nurses by 2030. Nurses have to be always ready to face various challenges arising out of any situation considering as noble profession.

Various retired nurses, student who excelled in academic years of Nursing education were felicitated at the hands of Dy Chief Minister on the occasion.

 Smt Rubina Fernandes read out the academy report of the institution.

 Smt Carol Noronha, Principal Nursing Institution was also present on the occasion.

 Smt Nilima Rane, President of the nursing association welcomed the guests.