‘Manohar Parrikar has pancreatic cancer, wants to be with family’: Goa minister


Panaji, Oct 28(PTI): Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is suffering from pancreatic cancer and wants to be with his family, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Saturday.

"He has got pancreatic cancer, there is no hiding of this fact," Rane told reporters at Aldona in North Goa after inaugurating a state-run medical facility.

Till now, the state government had not issued any statement or made any comment about the health condition of Parrikar, who is currently recuperating at his private residence after undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.

"He is a chief minister and the fact is he is not well. But what is his present condition? You know he has been brought back from AIIMS. He is with his family. Let him rest. I think he has that much of right after serving the people of Goa," Rane said.

He was responding to a question on Goa Congress spokesman Jitendra Deshprabhu's demand that the state government should reveal the health condition of the ailing chief minister.

"Whatever Jitendra Deshprabhu may say, the whole of Goa knows that the chief minister is unwell. He wants to spend time with his family. It is his family who should be commenting about his health," the minister said.

Rane alleged that the Congress was after Parrikar's life. "There is something called privacy that we need to maintain," he said.

  

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  • BSB, Mangaluru

    Sun, Oct 28 2018

    As a cancer survivor, if I look back to the days of my battle, one factor that contributed a lot to a positive mindset is to keep myself busy with work.

    May be Parikkar also wants a diversion from constantly thinking about his health. Yes, I agree with you - he can still work, but in a relaxed manner.

    And it definitely makes sense for him to step down as CM till he wins the battle against the dreaded C.

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  • El En Tea, Mumbai

    Sun, Oct 28 2018

    In this critical condition why he wants to continue in political life. Better Resign and stay in peaceful healthy life.

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