The civil hospital in the Indian state of Ahmedabad is facing allegations that patients are being discriminated against based on their religion.
Until April 12, Hindu and Muslim patients were being kept in the same ward at the hospital, but after April 12, patients have been shifted to separate wards on religious grounds.
For example, the ward number 'C Four' of Ahmedabad Hospital only houses corona-infected Muslim patients.
A 19-year-old patient in the ward told the BBC that all patients who came to the hospital on or before April 12 were admitted to ward number 'A', irrespective of which patient. Is.
When BBC News Gujarati contacted a patient who was admitted to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, he said that all the Muslim patients in the Shab Ward 'A Four' of April 12 asked to be transferred to Ward 'C Four'. had gone.
He said Muslim patients were assured that the new ward Sea Four had better health facilities.
He said that 'Hindu patients were not transferred from Ward A Four and were told to stay there'.
The patient told the BBC that when he asked the administration, along with other patients, why they were being transferred from Ward A to Ward C, there was no satisfactory response from the administration.
Speaking to the BBC over the phone, the patient told us that later we were told that the transfer to separate wards was based on religion and that there was no Hindu patient with them in the C-ward.
Similarly, another patient in C-ward told the BBC that since they entered the ward, they have not seen any Hindu patient here. "The whole ward is full of Muslim patients."
When the BBC contacted the Medical Superintendent of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, Dr. GH Rathwood, he said that the transfer of patients to different wards was based on the advice of doctors on the basis of their health and their treatment. He said it was not true that this was done on the basis of religion.
However, earlier in an interview to the Indian newspaper, The Indian Express, Dr GH Rathwood told that separate wards have been set up for Muslims and Hindus on the basis of a government notification.
According to the newspaper, Dr. GH Rathwood had said that the government had decided to keep religion separate.
Danish Qureshi is a Muslim activist and a friend is being treated at the same civil hospital.
Talking to the BBC, Danish Qureshi said that some Hindu patients in the hospital had complained to the hospital staff that they were not feeling well in the presence of Muslim patients in their ward.
When the BBC inquired of Dr. GH Rathwood about the claim, he denied that the staff had not received any such complaint from any patient.
The Gujarat Health Organization has condemned the 'baseless and misleading' news on the media from its Twitter handle.
Health officials say in their tweet, 'Patients are kept in different wards based on their condition, severity of symptoms, age and advice of doctors treating them.'
A few hours before the tweet came, the BBC spoke to Health Minister Kishore Kanani. Where to place patients depends on the opinion of the doctors treating them, he said.
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"The government has not issued a notification that talks about keeping patients on the basis of religion."
However, the Minister of Health said that if doctors are doing this (religion-based discrimination), it will be in accordance with their (doctors') request.
When the Minister of Health was asked whether doctors could separate patients on the basis of religion and belief, they asked the BBC representative whether you were with people who were fighting against Corona.
He added to the representative, 'You should not focus on such issues and let the people who are working do their work.'
Gujarat's civil hospital in Ahmedabad has been declared as the largest hospital for corona treatment by the government. The recently constructed 1,200-bed hospital has been fully allocated by the state government to treat coronary patients.
It should be noted that most of the patients brought to Ahmedabad Hospital are from the Muslim community.
What do Muslim leaders say?
When the BBC contacted the leaders of the Muslim community, they condemned the process, calling it unacceptable.
Danish Qureshi, from Shahpur, said he was in contact with Muslim patients at the hospital. He said the practice of discrimination began when a few patients told hospital staff that they could not stay in a ward with Muslim patients.
A Muslim leader named Ikram Mirza said that this was the result of 'Islamophobia' in Gujarat. "People do not want to be with us (Muslims) and the government is supporting such people in this constitution and anti-democracy demands."
What is the protocol for Coded 19?
According to the India Ministry of Health Guidelines, corona patients can be divided on three grounds.The first group is comprised of suspected and atypical patients who show fewer symptoms of the disease, the second group is certified patients in whom the symptoms of the disease are moderate and the third group is those with the most severe symptoms.
Treatment can be provided to patients depending on their condition. There is no mention of religion-based patients in this protocol.
The state of Gujarat and the Corona virus
As of 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning, the number of certified Corona patients in Gujarat was 617. 55 patients have recovered while 26 have died.
The curfew was imposed by the authorities in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, when the worst victims came from the area.
In the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra as well as in Gujarat, the mortality rate among corona patients is higher than in other states.
As of Thursday, the death toll in Gujarat was 4.3 per cent, while in Madhya Pradesh, 6.84 per cent and Maharashtra 6.62 per cent.
Muslims of Gujarat and Corona Virus
Muslims were accused of spreading the Corona virus in India following the incident at Tablighi Jamaat's Nizamuddin center in the Indian capital, New Delhi, and in this context, Ahmedabad police also posted a similar message on social media. One person was detained.
Police have arrested the accused and registered a case. Police have also taken some arrests while taking action against those who issued such viral messages.
Ahmedabad police also arrested a few members of the Muslim community in Gujarat when they allegedly stoned a patrolling police party. Police patrols have been increased in areas where Muslims are majority.
The Deputy Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat recently informed reporters that Corona has been widely spread by members of the Tablighi party.
Another curious curfew is enforced in another Muslim-majority region, Danilimida.
Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Ashish Bhatia said in a tweet that the curfew in Ahmedabad and other areas would prevent Corona. All citizens are directed to cooperate with the administration in this matter. '
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation says as of April 14, there were 346 certified corona patients in Ahmedabad, out of which more than 200 patients are from Ahmedabad in-house. The majority of Muslims in Andover Ahmedabad.
So far, 6595 people have been tested corona in Ahmedabad city while 13 have been killed so far in the city.
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