Chief minister Mamata Banerjee was hospitalised on Thursday evening after she injured her forehead apparently after a fall at home. By 9.45 pm, a bandaged Mamata was on her way home after having received multiple stitches.

Though the wound on the forehead was deep, the mandatory tests conducted at the SSKM hospital’s Woodburn ward where she was admitted for a while revealed no serious damage.

“Four stitches had to be made. She is better now and will improve soon,” said Abhishek Banerjee, Mamata’s nephew and Trinamul all-India general secretary, while leaving the SSKM Hospital with his aunt for her Kalighat residence.

Abhishek was at 30B Harish Chatterjee street--- Mamata’s residence--- when the accident happened, though how she fell is not clear. Apparently, the chief minister was taking a walk in the premises of her Kalighat residence when the accident took place.

An image of a wounded Mamata with blood trickling from her forehead to below her chin was shared at the party’s official X handle. According to doctors at the SSKM Hospital, the chief minister was dazed but could communicate with the doctors.

Vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar, Congress leaders Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Shashi Tharoor, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, BJP leader Sukanto Mazumdar wished the Bengal chief minister a speedy recovery.

Mamata is likely to stay at home for the next few days till she fully recovers and takes charge of the Trinamul’s Lok Sabha poll campaign.

Ahead of the 2021 Assembly polls Mamata had fractured her leg while campaigning in Nandigram from where she lost.

Doctor Manimay Bandyopadhyay, SSKM superintendent, says, "The hon'ble chief minister Mamata Banerjee reported to our hospital around 730 pm with a history of a fall in the vicinity of her home due to some push from behind."

"She had a cerebral concussion and had a sharp cut on her forehead and nose which was bleeding profusely. Initially, she was assessed by senior doctors of the neurosurgery, medicine, and cardiology departments of our institute and her vitals were stabilised. Three stitches were applied on her forehead, and one on her nose and the required dressing was done. Investigations like ECG, echocardiogram, CT-Scan, and Doppler were done," he added.

Bandopadhyay said the chief minister was advised to remain at the hospital for observation but she preferred to go home.

"She will continue to be under close watch and treatment. She will again be assessed tomorrow and subsequent treatment will be decided accordingly," he said.