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A day after a hospital, JN Ray hospital, in Kolkata’s Manicktala area said it would not treat patients from Bangladesh, a multi-specialty healthcare facility in Agartala followed suit on Saturday.
Citing the rising tensions over alleged anti-India sentiments and atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh, Agartala’s ILS Hospitals announced it will no longer treat Bangladeshi patients.
“As an Indian, we respect and support the emotions of people who came today. With this thought, we want to iterate that Bangladeshi people have insulted us, have mistreated our people and we shall not provide any service to them…,” an executive of the hospital told Indian media.
On Friday, an official of the J N Ray Hospital said the decision was forced by insults meted out to the Indian flag by Bangladeshi nationals.
Subhranshu Bhakt, official of J N Ray Hospital, said, "We have issued a notification that from today till an indefinite time we will not admit any Bangladeshi patient for treatment. This is primarily because of the insults they have shown towards India."
He urged other hospitals in the city to do the same as a mark of protest against the alleged atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh.