On the entrance of a health care provider’s personal observe in Siliguri, the Tricolour has been put up with a printed message close to it. The message in Bengali calls for that everybody, “particularly Bangladeshi sufferers”, provide “pranam” to the flag earlier than being allowed to enter the chambers.
This comes amid protests in West Bengal over allegations that the Indian flag was desecrated in Bangladesh, and strained ties between the 2 nations over the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in Dhaka.
In current days, a number of docs in West Bengal, and a hospital in Kolkata, have introduced that they won’t deal with sufferers from Bangladesh.
Sekhar Bandopdhyay, the physician in Siliguri who calls for that sufferers provide pranam to the nationwide flag earlier than getting therapy at his personal chambers, informed The Indian Specific: “It pained me to see that our nationwide flag was disrespected and desecrated in Bangladesh. As a health care provider, I don’t need to refuse sufferers. However those that come to my nation ought to respect our flag, our motherland. It appears Bangladesh has gone underneath the Talibani mindset.”
Bandopdhyay is a senior ENT specialist working because the Particular Medical Officer on the ENT division within the North Bengal Medical Faculty Hospital.
“I can not refuse therapy on the authorities hospital the place I work. However within the personal chamber in Siliguri, I’ve put out our nationwide flag with the message. Those that can not respect my motherland can not count on to be handled by me,” he mentioned over the cellphone.
The message close to the flag reads: “Bharatborsher Jatiya Pataka Amader Matrisomo. Ayi Pataka Ke Pranam Kore Chamber e Prabesh Korben. Bisheshoto Bangladesh Theke Agoto Rogita Pranam Na Korle Ekhane Rogi Dekha Hobe Na (India’s nationwide flag is like our mom. Please provide pranam to the flag earlier than getting into the chamber. Particularly Bangladeshi sufferers, if they don’t provide pranam, they won’t be allowed to enter).”
Many sufferers from Bangladesh go to Siliguri in North Bengal, which shares a border with the neighbouring nation and homes Worldwide Border examine posts like Hilli, Changrabanda and Phulbari.
One other physician, common surgeon and paediatrician Chandranath Adhikary, has introduced that he won’t deal with any Bangladeshi sufferers in his personal chambers.
Talking to The Indian Specific over the cellphone from Bolpur in Birbhum, Adhikary mentioned: “I’m connected to a authorities hospital in Bolpur. There, I can not refuse any affected person. However I’ve the liberty to take action in my personal chambers. I’ve determined that I can’t see sufferers from Bangladesh.”
“My nation comes first. It hurts to see folks, together with faculty and college college students, insulting our nationwide flag in Bangladesh… I like my nation and can’t present service to those that insult my nation’s nationwide flag. What is occurring in Bangladesh is of grave concern to all of us,” mentioned Adhikary, who has shared his determination on social media.
On Friday, a 141-bed hospital in Kolkata introduced a ban on Bangladeshi sufferers as an indication of protest due to allegations that “the nationwide flag of India has been desecrated in numerous locations” within the neighbouring nation.
Famend gynaecologist Indranil Saha had additionally mentioned on social media that he stopped seeing Bangladeshi sufferers. On Thursday night time, Saha posted an image on social media, purportedly exhibiting the desecration of the Indian flag in Bangladesh. “The Indian nationwide flag is mendacity on the entrance of BUET College! I’m stopping seeing Bangladeshi sufferers within the chamber for now. Nation first, revenue later. I hope different docs will do the identical till the connection is regular,” Saha had mentioned.
Protests broke out in numerous elements of Bengal over the arrest final week of ISKCON-linked Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh and allegations of atrocities towards minorities within the nation. India has pressed for a good and clear trial of Das, who was arrested over allegations of treason. He had organised a number of rallies in Bangladesh to sentence the alleged atrocities towards minorities.
On Thursday, the Bangladesh Excessive Court docket refused to move an order banning ISKCON a day after a petitioner appealed for such a ban and the imposition of a state of emergency within the cities of Chittagong and Rangpur.
