“Embarrassed”: Top Bengal Voices On Mahua Moitra Criticising NRI Doctors

A group of eminent personalities from West Bengal has hit out at Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra for criticising NRI doctors, who had recently written an open letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee voicing concern over the “misreporting” of COVID-19 situation in the state.
In a statement, 75 top voices in the state, including filmmakers, actors, music composers and professors, said that the Trinamool MP’s reaction has left them deeply “embarrassed” as the NRI doctors are “renowned public health scientists and physicians” who are engaged in data science and modelling initiatives related to COVID-19.

A group of non-resident medical professionals had written an open letter to the West Bengal Chief Minister raising concerns over the “gross under-testing” and “misreporting of data” on the cause of death of COVID-19 patients. Such a move “will have a direct impact on the spread of the virus and lead to a massive crisis in the state,” said the letter by the group which identified themselves as Bengali physicians, health scientists, and healthcare providers “with roots in the state”.

In response to the letter, Ms Moitra had tweeted: “11 of 14 NRI docs writing to WB CM in US, 2 in UK & 1 in Ger.W/due respect you choose to live practise pay taxes elsewhere Suggest you get down to work in yr adopted countries!”