West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sustained an injury in an accident, her party Trinamool Congress informed on Thursday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sustained a "major injury" in an accident, her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) informed on Thursday evening. Mamata Banerjee had to be admitted to hospital for a few hours on Thursday, the Trinamool Congress informed.
An official said on Friday morning that the chief minister's health condition is stable, adding that she had a good sleep in the night as senior doctors kept a close watch on her throughout the period. "This morning there will be another assessment of her condition," the official told news agency PTI on Friday morning.
"Our chairperson @MamataOfficial sustained a major injury. Please keep her in your prayers," TMC said in a post on the microblogging platform X, showing Mamata Banerjee with a deep cut on her forehead with blood dripping down her face.
The 69-year-old leader had a fall inside her Kalighat home in south Kolkata after she returned from a programme, her family said.
Director of the state-run SSKM hospital, Manimoy Bandyopadhyay, said the chief minister was brought to the facility with a "history of fall within the vicinity of her home due to some push from behind".
After undergoing stitches and medical tests at the hospital, the TMC supremo was discharged and returned home.
"She fell somewhere inside the home and was immediately shifted to the hospital. She was bleeding from the forehead and stitches were required," news agency PTI quoted her brother Kartik Banerjee telling a Bengali news channel.
"She had a cerebral concussion and had a sharp cut on her forehead and nose which was bleeding profusely. Initially, she was assessed by senior doctors of the neurosurgery, medicine, and cardiology departments of our institute and her vitals were stabilised. Three stitches were applied on her forehead, and one on her nose and the required dressing was done. Investigations like ECG, echocardiogram, CT-Scan, and Doppler were done," he said.
Bandopadhyay said the chief minister was advised to remain at the hospital for observation but she preferred to go home.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to microblogging platform X and wished Mamata Banerjee a speedy recovery. "I pray for a quick recovery and the best health for Mamata Didi," PM Modi wrote.
In January this year, Mamata Banerjee suffered a minor injury after her car met with an accident while she was on her way to Kolkata from Purba Bardhaman after chairing an administrative review meeting.
Mamata Banerjee had suffered the injury after her car halted suddenly to avoid a collision with another vehicle, a news agency PTI quoted officials as saying. This incident took place on January 24.
Banerjee, who was seated in front beside the driver, was injured after her head hit the windscreen, an official had said.
The chief minister was injured last year in September also when she sprained her leg on a trip to Spain. She had previously suffered an injury to the same leg while alighting from a helicopter.