Something “worse” happened after woman refused to be treated by Muslim doctors
Islamophobia is real. It is so real to an Irish woman who would probably rather die than have “someone wearing hijab” save her life.
The elderly woman went to Tallaght Hospital on Tuesday evening and was attended to by a female consultant wearing a hijab, Belfast Telegraph reports.
Asked if she was a Muslim, the doctor reported “yes” at which point the patient asked to be treated by a different consultant as she “did not want a Muslim involved in her care.”
A second consultant was called to treat the woman but he was also refused by the patient because he was Muslim.
That’s not the catch. Wait for it…
The patient’s daughter went on Facebook to praise her mother for having “the sense to know enough to not allow a Muslim to treat her.”
“I am in Dublin, Ireland, my home country surely it can’t be too hard to find a non-Muslim consultant,” she wrote in a post titles “Anti Islam Ireland.”
“I’m proud of her speaking up for herself. If my mam was a Muslim woman who refused to be seen by a man, it would simply be considered her religious right.
“Many patient will be getting an education for free on Islam by me each day my mam is there… you never know, it could catch on where other patients will also be refused to be seen by Muslims (sic).”
Tallaght Hospital confirmed the incident but rejected claims that staff at the hospital refused to treat the woman following her outburst.
“Tallaght Hospital cannot comment on individual patient cases due to patient confidentiality… [but] no patients were denied appropriate treatment this week,” the hospital said..
