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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Mamata fudging Covid-19 data in Bengal (004) - Sudipta Mukherjee was declared dead b'cos of Hepatitis B instead of Coronavirus

The death figures in West Bengal have been called into question by a number of people from medical fraternity.
Many doctors are scared of identifying themselves in fear of retribution from state machinery but there are some like Dr. Pratim Sengupta (Nephrologist in Belle Vue Clinic) who have raised a stink. Corroborating the nephrologist’s charges, Dr Archana Majumdar has been quoted as saying in a Sunday Guardian report that the state is hiding the real figures of death. “Let me cite one example. It happened this week at one of the hospitals. A patient, named Sudipta Mukherjee, got admitted and eventually died around 10.04 hours. She was 43 years old and her body was sent out of the hospital as a Hepatitis B case.”

Source: FirstPost dated April 23, 2020.

Mamata fudging Covid-19 data in Bengal (003) - Dr. Shanta Dutta, Director, NICED revealed very few tests in Bengal

The chief of National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), nodal arm of ICMR in Beliaghata, Kolkata, has gone on record to say that Bengal government is not sending enough samples for testing.
Dr Shanta Dutta, Director, NICED, told media that flow of samples has not been “equal from the very beginning”. In an article published on 13 April, 2020, Dr Dutta was quoted, as saying to India Today.

Source: FirstPost dated April 23, 2020.

Mamata fudging Covid-19 data in Bengal (002) - "Don't ask communal questions "

During a recent news conference in early April 2020 Mamata was questioned on the silence of Tablighi Jamaat attendees from Bengal who went for Nizamudddin Markaz event in New Delhi, a known hotspot.
Mamata rebuked the journalists, telling them not to ask "communal questions".

Source: FirstPost dated April 23, 2020.

Mamata fudging Covid-19 data in Bengal (001) - Md Salim, CPM tweets Malda incident

CPM leader Md Salim has tweeted purported documents that show discrepancy in death figures. One COVID patient, Nepal Barman from Malda, was “surreptitiously” cremated on 12 April but his sample was apparently collected the day after on 13 April, 2020. The CPM leader asked: “How can swab of a person, cremated on 12th, be collected on 13th and report come on 14th? Are you treating patients or your 'Banglar Garvo' signboard?”

Source: FirstPost dated April 23, 2020.