أيرلندا: رفض تلقي العلاج على يد طبيبة مسلمة

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

انتقلت حُمَّى التمييز ضد المسلمين - ولا سيما المحجبات - إلى "أيرلندا"؛ حيث رفضت مريضة تلقي العلاج على يد طبيبة مسلمة محجبة، وطالبت بتغيير الطبيبة، وبعد أن حضر طبيب مسلم آخر، أكدت رغبتها في تلقِّي العلاج على يد طبيب غير مسلم.

وبررت ابنة المريضة موقفها بأنه إذا كانت المريضات المسلمات يَطلبنَ طبيبات؛ حتى لا تنكشف على الرجال، فكذلك يحق للمريضة أن ترفض أن يعالجها شخص يخالف معتقدها.

وتعليقًا على الموقف أكدت إدارة مستشفى "تالاجات" أنها واقعة فردية، بينما أكدت الجمعية الإسلامية الأيرلندية أن هذه نتيجة الممارسات التي تُنسب للمسلمين؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Irish patient refuses to be treated by Muslim doctor with hijab

The female patient turned down the first doctor because she was wearing a traditional hijab. When the second doctor, who was also Muslim, entered the room, the woman then requested a “non-Muslim consultant.”

The incident came to light after the patient’s daughter allegedly wrote about her mother’s experience on social media, Herald.ie reports.

The daughter, identified as Cailín, defended her mother’s actions on RTE’s Liveline.

“It’s completely her choice,” she said.

“She’s perfectly entitled to do what she did. The HSE has guidelines that allow a Muslim to request that they be seen by a doctor who is the same sex as them, and if one cannot be provided it needs to be discussed with them.

“The same way there are reasons for my Mam to not want to be seen by that doctor when she doesn’t subscribe to her ideology,” said Cailín, according to TheJournal.ie.

Tallaght hospital confirmed that the woman had refused treatment from the doctors, but that treatment was eventually provided to the woman as the hospital has a duty of care to all patients.

"Tallaght Hospital cannot comment on individual cases due to patient confidentiality," said a spokesman.

"However, our hospital's values emphasize respect, and the hospital's establishing charter guarantees the free profession and practice of religion by all associated with the hospital and in particular the members of staff.

"These values are upheld by all staff, and the hospital expects patients to respect these values of fairness and equity."

A spokeswoman for the Muslim Association of Ireland said she worried that acts carried out by terrorist groups were turning people against all Muslims.

"We do not know why this patient reacted the way she did, but we fear Muslims are facing racism from members of society who wrongly believe that such terror groups are acting in the name of Islam," said the spokeswoman.