WB: Nursing Home owners arrested after man commits suicide over hospital bills

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abetment to suicide.

The nursing home has been identified as G D nursing home in Burdwan town and the arrested people include Sheikh Joynal, Munshi Muhammed Hasibul Kabir, Abul Khatib who are the owners of the said nursing home. One staff,  Souvik santra has also been arrested in the case

"Those arrested have been booked under various sections including abetment to suicide" a senior police officer of Burdwan confirmed to the daily.

This comes just two days after a top private hospital,  Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Kolkata courted controversy for allegedly refusing to release a patient without settling of dues despite chief minister Mamata Banerjee's warning against such practice just two days back.

Read more at Medical Dialogues: Apollo Hospital, Kolkata told to refund Rs 8 lakhs to family of deceased patient 

In the said case of Apollo, the West Bengal health secretary R S Shukla has now come out statingthe department was not satisfied with the reply of Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in the case.

"We are not satisfied with the reply of the hospital. We feel that the case could have been handled in a better way," Shukla told reporters after his meeting with the officials of the hospital, who were summoned."The incident could have been avoided with more appropriate steps," he said adding "We have asked them (hospital officials) to appear before us with more documents in support of their explanations."