The Bombay High Court in Panaji Friday put a stop to Goa\u2019s first attempt to partly privatise a district hospital, directing the government to reconsider the tendering process adopted to lease out healthcare premises to a private medical care agency.<\/p>\n
The order of the Panaji bench of Bombay High Court also asked the Goa government to set aside the letter of intent given to the Mumbai-based Radiant healthcare company Limited, which was awarded the controversial tender to operate the Asilo district hospital, located 15 km from here, on a public private partnership (PPP) basis.<\/p>\n
The high court decision caps several months of controversy surrounding the privatisation process in which the opposition has accused Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane of receiving kickbacks for awarding tender.<\/p>\n
A lower court had already ordered the filing of a first information report (FIR) against health secretary Rajiv Verma, and two senior bureaucrats, including state health director Rajnanda Desai, for a potential loss of more than Rs.700 crore over two decades, during which the hospital was to be managed by the private player.<\/p>\n
Ahemadabad-based Shalby hospitals, a rival bidder to Radiant healthcare company, which had lost in the tendering process earlier this year, had also petitioned the high court, claiming that the tendering process was rigged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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