Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. [Photo/ANI]
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury requests PM Modi to set up Covid Hospital in Murshidabad from PM Cares Fund ANI | Updated: May 21, 2021 19:10 IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Stating that Murshidabad is one of the poorest districts in West Bengal and the condition of people there has become worst due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct funding from PM Cares Fund for setting up of a 500-bed makeshift DRDO Covid Hospital for emergency patients of the district.
He also requested for a Medical Oxygen Concentration plant to be installed at the Murshidabad Medical College.
Mamata Banerjee s brother died of Covid
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.. Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, May 15 : on a day when the state announced a nearly-lockdown condition to fight the spike in covid cases in the state for the next 15 days, chief minister Mamata Banerjee lost her younger brother who was battling for life in a private hospital for the last one month.
Ashim Banerjee, the chief minister s younger brother, died on Saturday morning after being detected with Covid-19 last month, the hospital said in a statement.
Banerjee, 62, was undergoing treatment at the hospital for the past one month, sources in the hospital said.
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West Bengal govt announces complete lockdown from May 16-30
In the wake of rising cases of the novel coronavirus, West Bengal on Saturday announced a complete lockdown from tomorrow till May 30. West Bengal on Friday registered its highest single-day spike of 20,846 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 10,94,802, the health department said in its bulletin. The toll rose to 12,993 after 136 more people, including five eminent doctors, succumbed to the infection, the bulletin said. Senior BJP leader Mukul Roy and his wife Krishna are among those who contracted the disease.
Roy, who is the saffron party s vice president, is currently undergoing home isolation, sources in the health department said.
India: W. Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee loses her 2nd brother to Covid
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Banerjee s younger brother Ashim was battling for life in a private hospital for the last one month.
On a day when West Bengal announced a nearly-lockdown condition to fight the spike in covid cases in the state for the next 15 days, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost her younger brother who was battling for life in a private hospital for the last one month.
Ashim Banerjee, the chief minister s younger brother, died on Saturday morning after being detected with Covid-19 last month, the hospital said in a statement.
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