2021 injury row: Mamata's lawyer sends notice to hospitals over record 'disclosure'
Lawyers for Mamata Banerjee have issued a legal notice to two hospitals regarding the alleged unauthorized disclosure of her 2021 medical records. This follows claims by political rival Suvendu Adhikari that her past injury was fabricated.
Why it matters
The case raises significant questions about medical privacy, data protection, and the weaponization of private health information in political discourse.
NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's lawyer on Monday sent a legal notice to state-run SSKM Hospital and the Bangur Institute of Neurosciences over the alleged disclosure of her medical records from 2021 without the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo's permission, PTI reported.The development came two days after West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari alleged at a press conference in Kolkata that Mamata Banerjee had "faked" her leg injury during the 2021 state assembly elections, which the TMC eventually won.Also Read | 'No evidence of fracture': Bengal govt to probe Mamata Banerjee's 2021 'injury'Adhikari, a former Trinamool leader who joined the BJP in December 2020, displayed a document that he claimed was the March 11, 2021, report of the Bangur Institute of Neurosciences' Department of Radio Diagnosis.
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