ponda health facilities in ponda have come a full circle as it is back to the old unused primary health centre for citizens after the subdistrict hospital began operation as a covid hospital from tuesday it may be recalled that the government had demolished the old 1977built infectious diseases id hospital in 200708 and constructed the new wellequipped hospital and had upgraded it to a subdistrict hospital in 2012 however it has once again turned as id hospital for coronavirus patients since the government started a casualty services at the dilasa palliative care centre at farmaguddi which lacks even xray and an ultrasonography machines the residents of ponda on tuesday were forced to visit to the goa medical college gmc and hospital at bambolim for their treatment and investigationsconsidering the hue and cry regarding the nonavailability of even basic medical facilities the state government is now looking for a suitable place where it can start opds in pondapriol mla and minister for art and culture govind gaude along with ponda mla ravi naik on tuesday afternoon inspected the old premises of the planning and development authority pda at ponda which was used as the primary health centre phc between 2008 and 2012 when the old id hospital was demolished and a new subdistrict hospital was being constructed after shifting the phc at the new building on december 19 2012 the premises was handed over to the art and culture department to set up a modern library for ponda taluka but the delay in starting the library has abandoned it with no maintenance gaude said he has already issued instructions to the authorities concerned to make the premises usable for restarting the primary health centre and it may take 15 to 20 days to get it ready he said that even if opds commence at the old phc building the facility at the dilasa palliative centre would continue