Binay refuses treatment,GJM leaders prevented from meeting Binay Tamang in hospital

Three leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha were today barred from meeting party assistant secretary and Gorkha Territorial Administration member Binay Tamang who is presently undergoing treatment at the Jalpaiguri district hospital. GJM central committee vice-president RP Waiba, central committee member Saran Dewan and Binod Prakash Sharma were stopped by the policemen on duty at the hospital.
However, the three were allowed to meet GTA member Kalyan Dewan and GJM central committee member Ashok Lama who are presently lodged in the Jalpaiguri Central jail.
Waiba alleged Tamang is being given undue harassment on the pretext of providing him treatment and he has being charged in false cases. He said the team was carrying letters permitting to meet Tamang signed by Jalpaiguri additional district magistrate Sudip Sarkar and Kurseong GJM MLA Rohit Sharma.
On the other hand, Jalpaiguri district magistrate Pritha Sarkar said the three visitors were requested to view Tamang from a distance as visitors are not allowed entry into the ICU of the hospital. She said the policemen on duty were compelled to stop them. Tamang, who was initially admitted to the police cell of the hospital, has been shifted to the ICU.
He was being taken to the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri on Thursday evening, but was brought back to the Jalpaiguri district hospital again citing security concerns. Commenting on this, Waiba said the district administration would be responsible if anything happened to Tamang. He added they would report the matter to GJM chief Bimal Gurung and the Human Rights Commission.
Tamang started an indefinite hunger strike from October 30 demanding bail. His blood pressure began to drop on Thursday due to dehydration following which he was taken to the Jalpaiguri district hospital and referred to the NBMCH. (EOIC)
 

 

Binay refuses treatment

 

iliguri, 1 November
The GJMM leader, Mr Binay Tamang, who was admitted to the critical care unit (CCU) in Jalpaiguri district hospital last night, is still refusing medical treatment, though his health condition keeps deteriorating with blood pressure falling alarmingly. The BP measured today was found to be 97/67.
According to the district health authorities, doctors collected sample of his blood and urine for pathological tests.
The chief medical officer (Health), Jalpaiguri, Mr Jagannath Sarkar, said: “Mr Tamang is adamant, refusing to take saline drip. A team of doctors is keeping a close watch on him at CCU. His blood pressure has fallen compared to yesterday.”
It is learnt that the reports of blood and urine tests that were run on him have indicated that the sugar count is low and his kidney is malfunctioning.
According to police and medical sources, Mr Tamang insisted on not taking breakfast this morning till his bail petitions are heard.
Mr Tamang who had begun fast at Jalpaiguri jail on Wednesday was admitted to Jalpaiguri district hospital yesterday.
According to police, the doctors attending on him at Jalpaiguri hospital referred the ailing GJMM leader to North Bengal Medical College and Hospital last evening to duck responsibility for the political prisoner. He was taken back to Jalpaiguri hospital midway when he was being driven to NBMCH.
It is learnt the state home department had intervened to bring him back to Jalpaiguri.
“Following intervention from the state home department, the Jalpaiguri district magistrate Ms Pritha Sarkar asked the chief medical officer Mr Jagannath Sarkar to state the reasons why the doctors had referred him to NBMCH,” the source said.
A group of GJMM leaders today came to Jalpaiguri to meet Mr Tamang, but police refused them permission. Police personnel, including some in civil dress, remain posted at CCU where Mr Tamang is kept. Closed circuit televisions have also been installed to monitor the movement of the outsiders.
The MLA from Darjeeling, Mr Trilok Dewan, who had visited him at Jalpaiguri jail last Wednesday, today said: “We asked the chief minister, Mamata Banerjee when she was in Darjeeling to take initiatives for releasing him. The CM assured us that she would look into the matter, though saying in the same breath that the matter is sub-judice.” (SNS)