Even after the tragic death of 20 children in a row in 48 hours West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who is also the Health Minister is more inclined to do politics than finding remedial measures. She is not the kind of a person to accept that besides being the Chief Minister she is capable of keeping 10 other vital departments including Health under her control.
The child death at the State-run B.C. Roy Postgraduate Institute of Paediatric Science in Kolkata triggered protests and agitation amid allegations of misbehavior on the part of hospital staff. Distraught parents and other relatives of the children entered inside the hospital premises when police was called to resort to lathi charge on the agitated parents. As a result, parents who lost their children were injured.
On hearing the incident the Leader of the Opposition Surya Kanta Mishra said to cover the failure of her department of providing timely and proper treatment to the children Mamata Banerjee had been doing politic In the past also she indulged in politics over the death of children in this hospital. Under her leadership a group of rowdies entered the hospital premises, broke some equipment and furniture.
Mishra who was the Health Minister of the previous Left Front government refused to accept Mamata Banerjee’s allegation that the condition of the B.C.Roy hospital was far from satisfactory, saying the hospital was now one of the best one of its kind. He said with the donation money of Sourav Ganguly a new building was constructed which has housed the intensive care unit.