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Calangute: Commuters on the Calangute-Panaji and Calangute-Mapusa routes are being inconvenienced by the irregular bus service, but bus owners defend themselves saying pressing more busses into service is financially unviable given the greatly reduced passenger numbers.There are very few buses operating the routes and that too after long intervals. Commuters sometimes have to wait even up to two hours for a bus, sources said.“The buses start their trips only when they have a sizeable number of passengers at the starting points at Calangute, Mapusa and Panaji. Sometimes that takes more than an hour,” one commuter complained.“There are no passengers. After buses were allowed to start, we had begun with six buses. But now we are operating only two, that too after every one or two hours. Even then, we hardly get any passengers. A 30-seater gets hardly 15 passengers,” bus owner Sudesh Kalangutkar said, adding that with fewer passengers and trips, they are barely able … [Read more...] about Private bus operators in Goa slash trips to save costs

PANAJI: In a bid to reduce deaths caused due to stroke in the State, health minister Vishwajit Rane said Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital will be signing an Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Miami to bring in cutting edge treatments like mechanical thrombectomy. “Through the MoU, we intend to send doctors from Goa Medical College for observership in fields such as strokes and other relevant diseases,” Rane said. The University of Miami is one of the few Universities that have successfully deployed the technology of thrombolysing patients beyond the golden hour. “Through the observership, we plan to extend the same to the citizens of Goa,” he said. H said, the key objective remains to treat stroke patients with effective technology beyond the golden hour period. Stroke remains the leading cause of death in India since the last two decades. “In order to save our citizens from fatal strokes, it is very crucial that we bring in … [Read more...] about GMC to sign an MoU with university of Miami for cutting edge treatment of patients suffering from stroke