300 nurses leave Kolkata

Around 300 nurses have left Kolkata for Manipur after resigning from their jobs said JS Joyrita, Deputy Residence commissioner, Manipur Bhavan ,Kolkata on Wednesday.Around 60 more nurses will be leaving tomorrow.We are getting many calls from people who want to go back to Manipur.

Earlier it was reported that 185 nurses have quit their job from hospitals in Kolkata and returned to Imphal. Cristella , a nurse siad : We are not happy that we left our duties. But we faced discrimination ,racism and people sometimes spit on us. Lack of PPE kits, and people used to question us everywhere we went.

According to the latest information available on the website of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,2961 cases of the virus have been reported from West Bengal 1074 cured/ migrated /discharged and 250 deaths.

ANI