From Irish Independent
The elderly woman presented at Tallaght Hospital on Tuesday evening and was initially seen by a female consultant wearing a hijab.
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.”
The daughter of the patient recounted the exchange in a Facebook post written on ‘Anti Islam Ireland’, where she praised her mother for having “the sense to know enough to now allow a Muslim to treat her.”
A second consultant was called to treat the woman but he too was refused by the patient because he was also Muslim.
Described by the daughter as “a big black bearded man”, this second doctor attempted to speak to the woman and address her concerns but was told that: “I am in Dublin, Ireland, my home country surely it can’t be too hard to find a non-Muslim consultant”.
Praising her mother’s stance, the daughter continued her Facebook post, writing: “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.”
