West Bengal CM to hold meeting tomorrow to review functioning of health facilities in state

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting on Thursday to review the functioning of health facilities and improvement of safety, security and patient services in the state. The meeting will be held around 1 pm in the state secretariat, Nabbana Sabhaghar.

Principals, directors and medical superintendent-cum-vice-principals (MSVPs) of all medical college and hospitals of the state have been invited to the meeting. All Commissioners of Police and District Magistrates and Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) of all districts have also been invited in this meeting.

The letter reads, “This is to inform you that Chief Minister, West Bengal, shall hold a meeting on the subject mentioned above from Nabanna Sabhaghar on 12 September, 2024 at 1.00. You are requested to attend the meeting physically or in virtual mode along with the officers as per the enclosed list. This is for your kind information and taking necessary action”.

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Notably, this meeting is scheduled in the wake of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder of the PG trainee doctor on August 9. Earlier on September 10, the father of the deceased trainee doctor from Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College said that the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, has not done any work and his family is not satisfied with her role in the case. The victim’s father also said that they demanded a CBI investigation due to her “unsatisfied role” in the case.

The victim’s father, said, “We are not satisfied with the role of the CM (Mamata Banerjee) in the case; that’s why we went to the CBI. She hasn’t done any work. One of the policemen came to our house, they said we have arrested Sanjay Roy and he will be produced in fast track court and will get a death sentence. But the incident that happened with my daughter was not the work of just one person. We have been saying this since starting that persons from the department involved in this”. (ANI)