News APP

NewsApp (Free)

Read news as it happens
Download NewsApp

Available on  gplay

This article was first published 12 years ago
Rediff.com  » News » Hospital head pays for 'misbehaving' with Mamata

Hospital head pays for 'misbehaving' with Mamata

Source: PTI
May 27, 2011 00:36 IST
Get Rediff News in your Inbox:

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's surprise visit to a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Thursday led to a sharp exchange with its head who was later suspended for objecting to the presence of the media which followed her in.

State-run Bangur Institute of Neurology Director S P Gorai was suspended on the charge of non-cooperation and indecent behaviour, state secretariat sources said.

During the visit of Banerjee, who also holds the health portfolio, Gorai had a sharp exchange and objected to the media in the building.

Pointing to the crowd which included mediapersons, Gorai said "If everybody comes into the hospital like this, it creates problems."

Banerjee retorted "No one has called the media. Are you facing difficulties because we have come? What is your problem?"

She curtly asked Gorai to meet her at the secretariat on Friday, but he replied that he would be unable to do so as he had some operations to perform.

Banerjee then instructed Gorai to meet her after the the operations and left the hospital.

Secretariat sources said Gorai did not attend a meeting of all principals and superintendents of state-run medical colleges and hospitals summoned by the Chief Minister in the evening.

"Garai was suspended for non-cooperation and indecent behaviour with the chief minister when she visited the institute to see the state of affairs there," the sources said.

Earlier, Banerjee, while driving to the office at the Writer' Buildings, suddenly headed for the hospital. A crowd soon gathered and some hospital officials accompanied Banerjee as she went around the premises taking note of the work that needed to be done by the PWD and other agencies at the hospital.

Get Rediff News in your Inbox:
Source: PTI© Copyright 2024 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.
 
CHINESE CHALLENGE - 2022

CHINESE CHALLENGE