The journalist who has reported the incident said that a complaint was filed in the matter but no action was taken in this regard, calling the matter as serious and shameful
Team Clarion
BHOPAL – A medic refused to transfuse blood of a Muslim man to sick Hindu woman at the district government hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna citing the religious identities of the donor and receiver.
The incident happened last month when a video of the medic refusing the transfusion of the blood went viral on social media. Now, the incident has again came to limelight on Saturday when former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijay Singh mentioned about it in the press note after a press conference to release a report related to the demolition of bungalow of Congress leader Haji Shehzad A lin Chatarpur.
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.
