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SSKM Hospital

A medical prescription for Bengal

Although health was not an election issue, after assuming office in West Bengal, the new chief minister Subhendu Adhikary has already conducted a meeting at SSKM hospital with all hospital superintendents with a mission to make health delivery smooth and to end “Dalal raj” (agents or middlemen usually of ruling parties).

Breaking silence: Confronting the hidden epidemic of domestic violence

Kolkata was shaken by yet another case of domestic abuse leading to murder a few days back when a 22-year-old woman was repeatedly stabbed by her estranged husband, first inside a café in the Beck Bagan area of Kolkata, and then again on the road outside, forcing her to flee while screaming for help.