Reports in a section of the media that several crore rupees were spent on the treatment of former Goa chief minister late Manohar Parrikar was "unwarranted and absurd", state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Monday.
Parrikar died on March 17 this year of a pancreatic ailment and some media reports in the state put the cost of treatment at Rs 5.72 crore.
These reports also tried to compare this figure with the poor state of the Goa Medical College and lack of finances to set things right there.
In a statement, Rane said, "The comparison between the health care sector and money spent on ministers, including former CM Manohar Parrikar, for their treatment outside the state is absurd and unwarranted."
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