Goa, May 13 -- As deaths due to COVID-19 reach a previously unimaginable 1874, we cannot just sit back and watch the suffering of the people. The government may be insensitive to the heart wrenching scenes that play out umpteen number of times a day in hospitals across the State as family members are conveyed the news that their loved one has breathed for the last time. The virus is such that it does not even allow relatives to bid a proper farewell, as bodies are hastily cremated or buried.

The medical services are under tremendous strain and doctors and nurses are working beyond the call of duty. It is a breakdown of the administrative machinery that is responsible. Patients are dying as oxygen supply drops in the Goa Medical College b...