AMRI continues to be target of people's seething anger

Kolkata, Dec 11 (IANS) The people's anger over the AMRI hospital fire tragedy which so far has claimed over 91 lives continued to rise with angry protestors Sunday putting up posters in the premises demanding exemplary punishment for its officials Local residents also demanded that a playground 'snatched forcibly' for setting up a park adjacent to the medical facility by the management be returned. 'The hospital, using police force, snatched the land. We want back this land which was a playground for us,' read some posters put up by some residents of Panchanantala in South Kolkata's Dhakuria where the hospital is located. Another poster shows locals holding several trophies they won playing on the said field and accusing the authorities of acquiring it 'forcibly in 2006'. Hospital officials were unavailable for comment. Several political parties including the Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist (SUCI-C) pasted posters on the hospital walls demanding exemplary punishment for the wrongdoers along with scrapping the private-public partnership (PPP) modelled hospitals. Several political parties including the Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist (SUCI-C) pasted posters on the hospital walls demanding exemplary punishment for the wrongdoers along with scrapping the private-public partnership (PPP) modelled hospitals.In the worst fire tragedy in any hospital in India, 91 patients and staffers were killed when a blaze started in the basement of the annexe building early Friday and quickly spread, trapping hundreds of people. While most nurses, doctors and other staffers were able to get away, many critically ill patients died in their hospital beds.