Assembly Speaker air-lifted in Bangalore for better treatment 

As scheduled with improvement of physical conditions, the Speaker of Tripura Legislative Assembly Biswa Bandhu Sen, who suffered severe internal brain haemorrhage and on emergency operated in a private hospital at Agartala on Friday night has been air-lifted to a Bangalore based hospital on Monday morning.

After Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha’s request, two specialist experts from AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr Rajesh Kumar Singh (Neorologist ) and Dr Ramesh Sharanappa Doddamanion  (Neorosurgeon) on Sunday arrived at Agartala and visited ILS Hospital for an expert opinion.

They thoroughly examined the patient, reviewed his case with a team of treating doctors and also reviewed a fresh CT-Scan.  Based on the opinions of experts and decisions of his family persons , Speaker has been air-lifted to Aster CMI Hospital in Hebbal of Bangalore for better treatment.

Sources said that Speaker is now under treatment of a group of specialist doctors in Bangalore and stated to be in stable conditions at the ICU of the hospital.

It may be recalled here that Speaker Sen (72) suffered head injuries in the lavatory of the Agartala Railway Station on Friday evening before his scheduled journey to Dharmanagar in North Tripura, his home constituency. He was rushed to the nearby Tripura Medical College (TMC) and Hospital where emergency unit doctors conducted a medical examination, which revealed an internal brain haemorrhage and doctors have advised for immediate surgery. Upon requests from the family, the patient was referred to the private hospital in Agartala, where blood clots were removed from four spots of the brain and the surgery was successful.