Bista writes to CM

On the other hand, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has informed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of present crisis at the NBMCH, where he said the common people are being deprived of medical treatment. He has urged her to take appropriate steps.

“Since the past few days, the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital has started to refuse admission to patients who are seriously ill. Today, I am hearing from my constituents that even private hospitals have started to refuse patients in Siliguri and nearby regions, citing shortage of doctors. As such, currently, the Covid hospital in Siliguri under my constituency is catering to six districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, North Dinajpur and Cooch Behar,”

Mr Bista has said in his letter. “People from the entire North Bengal region will remain forever indebted to you for your kind support and intervention at the earliest,” Mr Bista said.

“Given the acute shortage of Covid care facilities in the region, I am humbly requesting you to kindly request the Ministry of Railways to deploy at least one Isolation Train in all these six districts immediately. Doing so will not only ease the immense pressure currently being felt by health care service providers from Siliguri but also help provide timely health care to those in urgent need,” the MP added.

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