Trinamul protests hike in hospital charges

kolkata: trinamul congress organised agitation in all state government-run hospitals to protest against the fee hike that was to come to effect on saturday. but with the hike being held back, much of the wind was taken out of the movement. nevertheless, nearly 3000 trinamul workers led by pankaj banerjee, sobhandeb chattopadhyay and sougata roy, among others, walked to central kolakta's rani rashmoni road and courted arrest for violating law and order over the issue.the party leadership has decided to intensify its agitation further and from december 3 onwards will spread its agitation against hospital charges hike upto the primary health centre level. from december 5 onward, the trinamul chhatra parishad will also demonstrate against hike in tuition fees and examination fees in government-run colleges. delay in publishing results will also feature in the party's scheme of agitations. trinamul leaders claimed that that "collection" in most hospitals had gone down significantly.