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Suvendu Adhikari calls for report on doctors present at Medical College
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News18•21-10-2026, 16:42
Suvendu Adhikari calls for report on doctors present at Medical College
- •Suvendu Adhikari demanded a report on the medical staff who gave statements to the press leaving their duties on the day of the Chorbagan incident.
- •The Health Minister and Health Secretary have been directed to examine photos and identify if those individuals were on duty at that time.
- •Adhikari stated that speaking to the media while abandoning emergency duties violates service rules and humanitarian accountability.
- •Controversy arose after injured patients admitted to Kolkata Medical College were subsequently transferred to private hospitals.
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Suvendu Adhikari instructed the Health Minister and Health Secretary to examine photographs, identify doctors who gave public statements while leaving their duties after the Chorbagan incident, and submit a report to the CMO to check for service rule violations.
Following the stampede incident in Chorbagan, injured patients were initially brought to Kolkata Medical College for treatment and were subsequently transferred one by one to private hospitals.
Junior doctors alleged that after admission, they received orders from higher levels—including Swasthya Bhawan, the MSVP, and department heads—instructing them to offer patients' relatives the option to transfer care to a private hospital organization.
