New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured when the helicopter during which she was flying made an emergency touchdown on the Sevoke air base close to Siliguri within the northern a part of the state as a consequence of unhealthy climate on Tuesday afternoon, officers stated. Banerjee, additionally the Trinamool Congress supremo, was discovered to have suffered ligament accidents within the left knee and left hip joint, a senior physician at state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata stated.
Earlier, the pilot determined to make an emergency touchdown after the helicopter began “shaking terribly” when it bumped into unhealthy climate on the best way to Bagdogra airport. Banerjee was injured when she tried to deboard the chopper on the air base. She later returned to Kolkata by a flight from Bagdogra Airport.
The chief minister, quickly after reaching town, was taken to the state-run SSKM Hospital the place an MRI was carried out on her, the official stated. “Doctors examined her and found a few ligament injuries on her left knee and hip joint. She was treated for these injuries. The chief minister has been advised hospitalisation but she preferred treatment staying at home,” the physician stated.
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Banerjee left the hospital at round 9 PM. The incident occurred when she was returning to Kolkata after a two-day journey to northern districts of the state to marketing campaign for the July 8 panchayat elections.
Earlier, Banerjee was injured in March 2021 forward of the meeting election. The TMC supremo, who was a candidate from Nandigram, had alleged that she was attacked by “four-five men” who pushed her in the course of the election marketing campaign in that constituency following which she was injured within the left leg. She later continued campaigning from a wheelchair.
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Sources stated that Governor CV Ananda Bose telephoned Banerjee and enquired about her well being situation. “Several specialist docs examined the chief minister within the hospital. A crew of docs can be visiting her residence on Wednesday morning for one more spherical of check-ups,” the official stated.
A Defence official later stated that Banerjee together with three different passengers on board, made a precautionary touchdown at Sevoke Road Army aviation base at 1.35 pm as a consequence of unhealthy climate. Officials on the base escorted Banerjee to the ready space, the place she interacted with the Army personnel.
Banerjee waited there until 2.23 pm when she commenced her onward journey to Bagdogra airport close to Siliguri by street, the Defence official stated
