Doctor said, I will not treat a Muslim woman’

A controversy erupted in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur after a Muslim woman alleged that a doctor at the district hospital refused to treat her on religious grounds, an accusation denied by hospital authorities, officials said.

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According to Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) Dr Mahendra Gupta, the woman, Shama Parveen, a Biribari vil lage resident, was brought to the district women's hospital at around 9.30 pm September 30 for delivery.

A woman doctor on duty that night had examined her, he said.

On October 1, a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing Shama Parveen alleging that the doctor on duty told her, “I will not treat a Muslim woman. I will not conduct your delivery,” and directed the nurse not to take her to the operation theatre, asking her family to take her elsewhere.

The CMS said he was surprised by the allegations and sought an explanation from the doctor concerned.