Licence of AMRI Hospital, Dhakuria to be cancelled

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today directed cancellation of the licence of AMRI hospital at Dhakuria where 70 patients died in a devastating fire.

"I have received the chief minister's directive for cancellation of the licence of the hospital for which steps are being taken," Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan said.

He also said that an FIR against the hospital authorities has been lodged under non-bailable sections on the direction of the chief minister.