In a disturbing case, a doctor refused to permit a Muslim man to donate blood for a Hindu woman in critical need at a government hospital in Panna city, Madhya Pradesh.
According to local media reports, a man, Pawan Sonkar reached the district hospital for his mother’s treatment. The doctors instructed him to arrange for blood urgently, prompting Sonkar to bring his Muslim friend to the hospital as a donor.
The incident was captured in a video that surfaced on social media platforms on Sunday, September 8. The few seconds of footage shows a conversation between Sonkar and the doctor who is heard refusing to accept the Muslim man as a donor objecting that “Muslim blood cannot be given to a Hindu patient” and expressing concern that they would “be in trouble if we do it.”
As per reports, a man named Pawan Sonkar, who is the resident of Ajaygarh, brought his sick mother to the hospital. The doctor diagnosed insufficient blood during the check up and asked him to arrange blood donor. Sonkar came up with his Muslim friend as blood donor. However, he was sent back saying that blood of a Muslim man can’t be transfused to a Hindu.
A 47-minute video of the conversation between Sonkar and the medic has also been shot by someone. Clarion India acquired the video showing a man refusing to transfuse the blood citing the religious identity of the donor and the sick.
The conversation goes:
Sonkar: Who said that his blood cannot be transfused to her?
Medic: Yes, Yes, I have said this, she is a Hindu, He is a Muslim
Sonkar: What’s problem with this?
Medic: There is a problem. Donor comes here and our job can be under threat
Sonkar: Please give it in written that blood of a Muslim man can’t be transfused to a Hindu.
Medic: It’s not matter of Hindu and Muslim, it is matter of donor
Sonkar: If the donor is ready to donate the blood, what’s the issue?
Speaking to Hindi website Satyahindi.com, local reporter Arvind Singh Yadav, who has reported the incident, said that a complaint was filed in the matter but no action was taken in this regard. He called the matter serious and shameful.
The authorities at the lab of the hospital have not issued any reaction to the incident.
Reacting to the video, people on social media expressed their dismay over the communal mindset of the medic and demanded his suspension.
“From streets to schools to hospitals, the venom has spread far and wide. This bigoted doctor should be suspended,” said journalist Astha Svyasachi. ( With Agencies Inputs )
