India, Feb. 19 -- The Calcutta high court on Tuesday slammed the West Bengal health department and said it wasn't concerned about citizens and was allowing people to die.

"You move out of Kolkata. People are dying. Unless you are dragged, you will not do. You are not concerned about citizens, let them die," stated the division bench of chief justice TS Sivagnanam.

The court made the remarks while hearing a petition in which a social worker from the Sunderban in South 24 Parganas said that his ancestors had donated around 13 bighas of land to the state government in 1976 to upgrade and construct an additional building at the local 10-bed primary health centre (PHC). However, the hospital hasn't been upgraded yet.

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