Mamata Banerjee suffers injury, discharged from hospital after treatment

The All India Trinamool Congress on Thursday (March 14) said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sustained major injuries to her forehead, as conveyed through a statement on platform X.

Photographs released by the party depicted Ms. Banerjee lying on a hospital bed with a visible gash in the center of her forehead, accompanied by blood on her face.

Our chairperson @MamataOfficial sustained a major injury. Please keep her in your prayers 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/gqLqWm1HwE

— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) March 14, 2024

The 69-year-old leader had a fall inside her Kalighat home in South Kolkata after she returned from a function, her family said.

"She fell somewhere inside the home and was immediately shifted to the hospital. She was bleeding from the forehead and stitches were required," her brother Kartik Banerjee told 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.

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 deemed stable and discharged, subsequently returning home.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose went to the SSKM Hospital to visit Banerjee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Banerjee a quick recovery.