The Bengal Health crisis has acquired unfathomable proportions. It is reported now that over 700 doctors have submitted their resignations from all over the state in solidarity with the protests over the state government’s apathy towards the concerns of the medical fraternity.

Ever since Mamata Banerjee escalated matters with her threats to the medical fraternity, things have been spiralling out of control. Even as mass resignations started pouring in from medical institutions across the state on Friday, medical institutions continued to be attacked.

On Friday afternoon, the Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC) was attacked for the second time since Monday. One student had suffered a head injury as a consequence of the mob attack.

Meanwhile, the protesting Bengali junior doctors have made a chant out of Mamata Banerjee’s ‘outsider’ allegation. The chant goes:

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“Who am I?”

“Outsider!”

“Who is he?”

“Outsider!”

“Who are they?”

“Outsider!”