Take proper care of the patients from Bangladesh

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday asked private hospitals in Kolkata to treat patients from Bangladesh and India's Seven Sister States more carefully.

Kolkata is a gateway to the Saarc countries and the Seven Sister States for foreigners and treatment is not a business, she said, adding that it should not happen that people have to sell their homes and land to get treatment.

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Mamata was speaking at a programme at a specialised eye hospital near Kolkata. Top officials of the state government were present.

Many patients from Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan come to Kolkata for treatment. So, “excess of anything” would not be tolerated, she warned.

The chief minister said patients could not be fleeced in the name of hospital business.

She expressed anger over the allegation that a number of private hospitals were treating patients carelessly and charging them extra.

The Seven Sister States are the neighboring states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura in northeastern India.