Reports in a section of the media that several crore rupees were spent on the treatment of former Goa chief minister late Manohar Parrikar was "unwarranted and absurd", state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Monday.
Parrikar died on March 17 this year of a pancreatic ailment and some media reports in the state put the cost of treatment at Rs 5.72 crore.
These reports also tried to compare this figure with the poor state of the Goa Medical College and lack of finances to set things right there.
In a statement, Rane said, "The comparison between the health care sector and money spent on ministers, including former CM Manohar Parrikar, for their treatment outside the state is absurd and unwarranted."
"The contribution of Manohar Parrikar is huge and it cannot be quantified in terms of money," he stressed.
What is the problem if money is spent on MLAs as even during the Congress regime, money was spent on ailing leaders like then MLA Gurudas Gawas, Rane added in the statement.
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He claimed it was the responsibility of the state government to take care of the health of MLAs and leaders who work for the people of Goa.
The minister said there was no dearth of money for the health care sector in Goa, adding that a super specialty block would be completed soon at the GMC.
He also informed that a well-equipped district hospital will come up in Margao in south Goa, and it would ensure patients don't have to travel to GMC for treatment.
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