The Joint Platform of Doctors, West Bengal, on September 8, sought an unconditional apology from TMC leader and MP Abhishek Banerjee for an “untrue and incendiary statement on social media” through an X post on September 6.
Taking to X, Banerjee wrote, “A young boy from Konnagar lost his life today following a road accident, after bleeding for 3 hours without receiving medical attention, a consequence of ongoing protest by doctors in response to the #RGkar incident.”
A young boy from Konnagar lost his life today following a road accident, after BLEEDING FOR 3 HOURS WITHOUT RECEIVING MEDICAL ATTENTION, a consequence of the ongoing protest by doctors in response to the #RGKar incident. While the demands of the junior doctors are both fair and… pic.twitter.com/1wJBVhPP7y— Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) September 6, 2024
Refuting the claim, the doctors’ body wrote a letter to Banerjee and clarified that the young male patient, suffering from polytrauma due to a tragic road accident, was referred to a higher centre from Srirampur and was received at RG Kar Medical College promptly at 9:10 AM on the same day, September 6, 2024.
“The doctors on duty immediately attended to him and continued to provide medical care at several intervals until his unfortunate demise at 12:30 PM, as noted in the statement of the MSVP of RGKMCH will categorically substantiate our claim and refute your post,” it added.
Joint Platform of Doctors, West Bengal writes to TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, registering their protest and demanding an unconditional apology for “untrue and incendiary statement on social media”. Their letter mentions his post from Sept 6 on X. pic.twitter.com/yYOllfcjym— ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2024
It added that Banerjee’s claim that the patient was ‘bleeding for 3 hours without receiving medical attention’ lacks any foundation in ‘truth and disregards’ the efforts made by the medical professionals who did everything within their power to save the patient’s life.
“Your public statement is not only factually incorrect but also potentially dangerous. By spreading such misinformation, you are risking inciting violence and hostility against the medical community, which is already under immense pressure and shock after the heinous crime committed against a trainee doctor at RGKMCH on August 9, 2024,” it added.
The doctors are staging a protest against the rape and murder of a young trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. Marking one month of the case, protesters demanded justice for the victim in the third edition of the ‘Reclaim the Night’ protest march on Sunday.
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