Kolkata:Protesting mounting atrocities on minorities and the arrest of ISKCON monk Chinmay Krishna Das on 'flimsy' ground in Bangladesh, medics at the JN Ray Hospital in Kolkata have decided not to extend treatment to patients from India's eastern neighbour. The hospital super has warned of not admitting any Bangladeshi patients.
An image of the Indian Tricolour being trampled by the students at the main entrance of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has gone viral.
This has prompted the hospital super Subharngshu Dutta to remark, "We will not cure any patient of the country which won freedom piggybacking Indian soldiers and their blood and dares to dishonour the Tricolour. If we treat them, they will trample the Tricolour after their return. Their future generation will also be treading the same path. I will not admit any Bangladeshi patient even if s/he is dying," he said.
Dr Indranil Saha, a gynaecologist, vented his agony over the dishonour of the Tricolour on social media. "Seeing our national flag lying on the entrance of BUET, I am not seeing any Bangladeshi patients in my chamber for the time being. The country comes first, occupation later. I expect the medical fraternity to do the same till the situation improves there," he posted on Facebook.
Saha didn't respond to ETV Bharat's repeated calls on the matter.
"I have no news that the treatment of Bangladeshi citizens has been stopped. The central government gives them visas with which then they can come and avail treatment. I am not aware of any such issue. Any hospital can personally withhold providing services to Bangladeshi citizens. We have strong objections to what is happening in Bangladesh. But if a Bangladeshi person is sick, will we not cure him? The religion of the doctor or the medical centre is to cure him. If treatment is not given, it is against our humanity, which is not right," Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim said.
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