A doctor from Raiganj city, West Bengal, has filed an RTI with regard to the government's statement that due to the ongoing protests, 29 people have lost their lives. Alleging that this is false information stated by the state government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Dr Vidyut Banerjee filed an RTI.
Taking this to X (formerly known as Twitter), an MBBS doctor Abhinaba Pal said, "RTI filed against the statement made by HCM #MamataBanerjee & State Government that 29 deaths have occurred across the state due to the ongoing protest of Junior Doctors on the RG Kar Incident!
#JusticeForRGKar #RGKarProtest #MedTwitter"
A response has been sought from Chief Secretary of the state Dr Manoj Pant to unearth the actual facts.
To recall, the death of the people was quoted by the senior advocate Kapil Sibal during the hearing of the suo-motu case in the Supreme Court. Sibal was representing the state government.
While urging the junior doctors who are protesting to halt their cease work, which has been ongoing for over a month, the state government said that 29 people have lost their lives. Additionally, on September 13, 2024, the chief minister took to X to grieve the death of 29 precious lives.
"It is sad and unfortunate that we have lost 29 precious lives due to disruption in health services because of long drawn cease work by junior doctors," the CM said.
However, refuting such allegations, the junior doctors allege the date given is false and incorrect.
