Churchill threatened Manipal doctors to get them sacked, stopped my medical camp: Warren Alemao

PANAJI: In a blistering attack on former Benaulim MLA Churchill Alemao, his nephew and prominent social worker from South Goa, Warren Alemao has accused him of sabotaging and blocking his medical camp, which would have otherwise benefitted hundreds of Benaulim villagers, due to the free distribution of medicines for residents of the constituency.

Speaking to this website, Warren said, “We were to distribute an entire month’s dosage to all the needy patients in Benaulim and surrounding areas. This would have been done after the Manipal Hospital doctors who had tied up with my team would conduct medical tests to determine the extent of the disease in any patient. We were doing free tests which otherwise cost a bomb outside in private hospitals. The tests include HbA1c (diabetes), ECG (cardiac ailments), LFT (liver problems), cancer screening and many more. I have been conducting medical camps all over South Goa for a long time now. This is the first time that Manipal Hospital has backed out. Everything was finalized and we had announced the camp through social media advertisements and even in the local church, where announcements were made after all the masses. At the last minute they backed out. I got to know that Churchill himself called up the doctors and management at Manipal Hospital and threatened to get them sacked. He boasted of his personal contacts and closeness with the Goa government and threatened to make life miserable for everyone at Manipal Hospital, Goa, if my camp was not called off. Though he is my uncle, he does not want me to grow politically. Even Valanka was involved in threatening Manipal Hospital management. They are jealous that the people of Benaulim are with me. I will be fully supporting the Goa Congress for the Lok Sabha polls and Churchill is afraid of the consequences. He has already sold himself to another rival candidate and may also be contesting as an independent to split voters in South Goa,” Warren alleged.

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As reported earlier, Churchill Alemao has plans to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as an independent. Sources claimed he might possibly join the BJP in the run up to the polls. With this background, it is quite obvious, that Warren Alemao who has political ambitions and is supporting the Congress-AAP combine for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, is his enemy number 1.

Churchill Alemao and his daughter Valanka Alemao were unavailable for comment and could not be contacted. We will update this story if they respond to the allegations made by Warren Alemao. We are also awaiting a response from Manipal Hospital, but a Hospital source confirmed that there was tremendous pressure to back out.

Villagers in Benaulim who spoke to this reporter said they were very offended with the turn of events. Dolcie Fernandes, a prominent voice from Benaulim said that politicians should not play politics with the health of residents. “This was a social initiative. Such premium medical tests are not easily accessible to the poor. Warren had taken the initiative to help people of Benaulim and Churchill should have supported him. Instead, he chose to play dirty politics and shut down the camp by threatening Manipal doctors, which has not gone down well with the voters in the constituency and they will teach Churchill and his friends a good lesson in the upcoming polls,” Fernandes said.