MP steps in after pregnant woman refused hosp admission
Times of India | 29 September 2024
Kolkata: A govt hospital at Behala allegedly refused admission to a pregnant woman with learning disbility from Budge Budge as she did not have identification documents. Later, after TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee intervened, the woman was admitted to another hospital in Budge Budge, where she gave birth to a baby boy on Friday.
The woman lived with her mother in a shanty near the station.
She lived on the alms received from the passersby.
On Wednesday, Kunal Dalui, a transgender person from Pujali, rescued her when she was writhing in pain and took her to a Behala hospital, which allegedly turned her away. Later, Dalui contacted the MP’soffice and the problem was resolved.