poinguinim the old building of the canacona community health centre chc which is adjacent to the new building has been lying unused ever since the health centre started functioning from the new building in 2004when toi contacted chcs health officer dr vandana desai she said that around two years back officials from the department of art and culture visited the site but till date there has been no further intimation from the government the assistant engineer buildings section canacona nagesh acharya told toi that there had been talks between the directorate of health services and central libraries authority even an inspection is learnt to have been carried out in this regard but after that we have not received any intimation acharya addedbefore liberation the old chc building was used by the portuguese as a military barrack to station soldiers and store arms and ammunition in 1962 a primary health centre was set up in the building to provide services to the people of the entire canacona taluka between 19821985 the wilfred dsouzaled government upgraded it to a community health centre a private doctor in canacona dr dhilon desai said that the government could use the building to start a centre for nursing or a home form the aged vikas bhagat a member of an ngo said that a building which was used as a military barrack will be strong and it could be reused after renovation