Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has apologised for publicly scolding GMCH's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Rudresh Kuttikar, after a video of the incident went viral. Facing backlash from the medical community and opposition, Rane admitted his "intent was right but words were wrong."
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00:00After the viral video of the Goa health minister reprimanding a senior doctor, he sent out an apology on India Today.
00:08The Goa health minister has said that he apologizes for publicly berating a senior doctor.
00:14The visual had gone viral after there was some complaint allegedly received against a senior doctor.
00:20So the health minister went in, that's the visual on his screen, it went super viral.
00:24He called the senior doctor, he was looking for the CMO and then berating him, saying you need to also have a certain discipline and watch your tongue.
00:34But now the minister has put out an apology to all doctors, possibly expecting a backlash, but also importantly, a word that came in from Goa chief minister.
00:44Goa chief minister was not happy with how the health minister of the state responded and said, I was, and Rani says, I was only backing the patients.
00:52My intent was good.
00:55I understand the pain of the patients.
00:57My mother is a cancer patient.
00:59I want to bring in Ishwarya Paliwal on this.
01:02Ishwarya, tell me more about as we put these visuals, because you had a conversation with the health minister.
01:08So what exactly happened?
01:13Now, listen in first.
01:15Ishwarya, stay on with me.
01:16Listen in as Ishwarya had that first conversation and an apology from Goa health minister.
01:20There is a video of yours.
01:24Yeah.
01:24You are entering the hospital.
01:26And a lot of people believe that the tone and the tenure that you used, that was not correct.
01:31Can you tell us what exactly happened?
01:33Actually, what happened is I had gone to see a patient.
01:36And generally what happens is always pressure on the system that people want a point of care to be excellent.
01:41People want systems.
01:42And I have been health minister for the last 13, 14 years.
01:45I have always seen and transformed the health sector in the state of Goa.
01:47And there was a press reporter who called me saying that his mother-in-law is not being given a particular injection because she was in a lot of pain.
01:54So unfortunately, a 77-year-old.
01:56And generally, I am very particular about discipline.
01:59That outburst, I have already put it on my social media that it was inappropriate.
02:02I have no ego.
02:03I may have hurt his sentiments.
02:04But unfortunately, that provoked me the other day that a 77-year-old lady.
02:08Ultimately, I am here to serve the poor people.
02:11I am here to serve the people of the state of Goa and accountable to the people.
02:14I have always worked to see that the people don't go through the pain that I am going through with my mother suffering from cancer.
02:20Who is a fourth-stage patient who is also being treated by the doctors from the health services and saved her life also on a couple of occasions from the doctors of the health services.
02:35I do agree that it was not appropriate in terms of the way I reacted at that moment.
02:39I could have called him and had a word with the doctor separately.
02:41But it has happened.
02:42This video went viral.
02:44And I have apologized to the doctor, Fraternity, if I have hurt their sentiments.
02:47But discipline is something that needs to be maintained in the government hospital.
02:50But once again, through your channel, ma'am, I would like to apologize once again to the doctor and his family if I have hurt his sentiment.
02:56I have not even issued the process of suspension of the doctor.
02:59That was never going to be in my mind.
03:01So when the chief minister called me, there was never a question about me.
03:05I immediately called him that there is no file or anything moved in this direction.
03:08So it's fine with me, whatever statement being made.
03:11And I have already apologized to the medical attorney if it has hurt their feelings.