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Gujarat Health Department Refutes Reports Of Coronavirus Patients Being Segregated Based On Religion
Media reports and their refutal
The Gujarat Health Department has denied media reports which claimed that a civil hospital in Ahmedabad had segregated Coronavirus patients on the basis of religion.
Media reports earlier in the day had claimed that two separate wards had been created for Hindu and Muslim Covid-19 patients based on a government decision.
The report quoted the superintendent of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital as saying that while generally wards are split up based on gender, in this case they have been split based on faith. This decision he said was taken by the government.
The story subsequently quoted the Ahmedabad District Magistrate and the Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister both of whom said they were not aware of any such government instruction.
Now in a PIB press release the Gujarat Health Department clarified that no segregation has been done in the civil hospital based on religion.
It added that the Coronavirus patients are being treated on the basis of the severity of their condition in accordance with the recommendation of doctors.
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