Kolkata

KOLKATA: These medics took to social media or hit the streets to express their solidarity with the protesting doctors at NRS Hospital a week ago. Shabba Hakim, mayor Firhad Hakim’s daughter, Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar, MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar’s son, and Abesh Banerjee, chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, were also among the first to laud her for her “statesmanship” to resolve the crisis “transparently” that would help Bengal’s healthcare in the long run.

Shabba wrote on social media, “Considering BJP has appointed a person known to have physically assaulted doctors like Ananth Kumar Hedge as a Minister, their support during our protest was about embarrassing TMC and Mamata Banerjee. I am proud of doctors from all over India for not falling for their hypocrisy and keeping our movement apolitical. ”

 She also endorsed a post which said, “I don’t think Doctors won today. It is the Health System of Bengal that won! And we all fought for it!” To a post that her initial stand on the issue had an impact on the movement, she said, “All I did was speak from the heart. It was about me being a doctor and not whom I am related to. Though I always maintain that it’s my parents who taught me to stand up for what is right. ” She said, “I am proud to be a doctor and a Bengali today. ”