Four Indian doctors claim they are being forced to treat Ebola patients in Nigeria
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According to the Hindustan Times,Chouhan said..
In the four countries affected so far – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria – the virus has infected nearly 150 healthcare workers, killing around 80 of them.
The CEO of Primus Super Speciality Hospital India, Dr. ND Khurana, however, appeared not to agree with the demands of the four doctors.
But Dr. Narendra Saini, secretary of the Indian Medical Association, countered Khurana, arguing that a doctor’s personal choice should dictate if they want to work in a particular country.
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Four Indian doctors in Nigeria have said they are being forced to treat
Ebola patients against their will. They also charged their employers
with taking away their passports to ensure that they couldn’t
leave the country. The doctors – Yogesh Chandra, Dinesh Kumar, Hemant
Jingar, and Kapil Chouhan – said they were threatened to not leave
Primus Hospital in the Nigerian capital Abuja. With the virus spreading
across the country, the doctors feared for their lives.
According to the Hindustan Times,Chouhan said..
“We haven’t been provided with any security kits. Our passports have been impounded. When we spoke to the Indian high commission, we were asked to come to the mission. But we were stopped by guards from leaving the hospital,”The CEO of Primus Super Speciality Hospital India Dr ND Khurana, however, appeared to not agree with the demands of the four doctors. He said..
“We are in touch with our Abuja branch. These doctors are afraid of contracting the dreaded disease but it is against medical morality. One doctor has left the service, which will be treated as impropriety,”But Dr Narendra Saini, secretary of the Indian Medical Association, countered Khurana, arguing that a doctor’s personal choice should dictate if they want to work in a particular country.
He added that the Indian doctors were forced to work since local
physicians who were on strike refused to come back to work when the
Ebola epidemic broke out.
Government sources, however, told HT that following the intervention of
the Indian High Commission in Nigeria, the doctors agreed to work in
the hospital for a few more days and then leave the country.
In the four countries affected so far – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria – the virus has infected nearly 150 healthcare workers, killing around 80 of them.
Though Nigerian authorities maintain that there are no Ebola cases in
Abuja, Dinesh Kumar’s wife, Smita alleged that patients from Lagos,
which has registered 10 Ebola cases and two deaths – were admitted at
the hospital.
The CEO of Primus Super Speciality Hospital India, Dr. ND Khurana, however, appeared not to agree with the demands of the four doctors.
“We are in touch with our Abuja branch. These doctors are afraid of
contracting the dreaded disease but it is against medical morality. One
doctor has left the service, which will be treated as impropriety,” he
said.
But Dr. Narendra Saini, secretary of the Indian Medical Association, countered Khurana, arguing that a doctor’s personal choice should dictate if they want to work in a particular country.
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