In the wake of a string of incidents of sexual assault at government hospital and medical colleges in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday directed the state health department and police to tighten security at all the government medical facilities across the state.

Addressing a high-level meeting convened by Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, at the state secretariat, Nabanna, to review hospital safety measures, the chief minister, who holds the Health Department portfolio, said that she would be responsible for any lapse in the security measures.

The meeting was attended by senior officials of the state health department, including health secretary NS Nigam, and DGP Rajeev Kumar, district magistrates, superintendents of police, chief medical officers and others.

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