Doctor arrest by CBI: MMCH dissolves committees associated with doc
Prof Jana was arrested by the central investigating agency from his residence in Hatishala, Burdwan town, after its eight-member team raided the premises late on Saturday night.
Prof Jana was arrested by the central investigating agency from his residence in Hatishala, Burdwan town, after its eight-member team raided the premises late on Saturday night.
Panic gripped the Kheranichoti area of Midnapore town on Saturday afternoon after a shocking incident where a man was doused with petrol and set on fire in front of his shop.
Nine state government medical colleges and hospitals are set to get dedicated sprawling state-of-art critical care blocks (CCB) each soon for treatment of patients with severe ailments.
Nasrin Khatun, a 19-year-old woman died at the SSKM Hospital on Sunday where she had been undergoing treatment with a life-support system like ventilator since January.
Sources at Bhabani Bhawan said that the investigating officials wanted to know whether Dr Nayek and Dr Pal were on duty at the MMCH on 8 January when the incident took place.
Banning postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctors from performing surgical and anaesthetic procedures by themselves in the state-run Midnapore Medical College Hospital (MMCH) has triggered controversy among the medical fraternity.
Two public interest litigations (PILs) were filed today separately in the HC by lawyer Phiroze Edulji and lawyer Kaustav Bagchi.
The tragic incident has led to widespread outrage, political protests, and a full-scale investigation by the West Bengal health department.
According to the principal of the MMCH, Dr Parthapratim Mukherjee, the situation was under control and that the deceased child had been brought to the hospital with very serious problems and that his life could not be saved even though the doctors tried hard.
"Over 30,000 beds for Covid patients and 4600 beds in the PIKU have already been readied. Doctors and nurses here worked with their heart and soul during the first and second waves of Covid-19 and we are satisfied to see the present condition of the super-speciality hospital here,"
