The gist of the below article on "respect" of muslim medical patients really boils down to muslims becoming the priority at US hospitals and sharia law dictating hospital policies. The PC jackasses will be placing muslim women & men at TOP priorities due to their supposed religious based need for privacy and female or male doctors. The mere fact that Dr. Padela is suggesting muslims be treated differently than other medical patients in America - is chilling.
How could this affect you?
If you are in an emergency room or hospital bed and a muslim woman comes along whining for her 'religious rights' and YOU are being attended to by the only female physician -who do you think is going to have their MD leave and attend the muslim?
If you are a woman in labor and your OB is a woman - and a muslim woman comes into the hospital in labor and says she requires a female OB and no others are available - kiss your female MD good-bye because the muslim woman is the PRIORITY.
OR if you are a man being attended to by the only male physician in an emergency room, etc. - and a muslim man demands that the available female MD not treat him - who do you think is going to have the male doctor pulled of their case?
And where does this leave female and male nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses' aides, etc? Undoubtedly scheduling will be affected and a muslim patient will undoubtedly cause a schuffling of medical personnel - at a minimum - to accomodate the priority "religion".
In fact a male physician, ignoring the demands of muslim family members and patients, who continues treating a female muslim may prove threatening and deadly consequences for him:
"In U.S.-occupied Iraq, male gynecologists have been threatened with death for attempting to treat women. Nongovernmental organizations have warned that female doctors are scarce and male doctors are being intimidated against treating women...there were two cases in which doctors reportedly were killed../ after leaving their clinics." SOURCE
The above in not just happening in Islamic countries - in France - a male obstetrician was assaulted by a muslim man - in the hospital delivery room!
"Fouad ben Moussa burst into the delivery room at a Paris hospital last November and shoved, slapped and insulted Dr Jean-Francois Oury as he examined the woman after a complicated birth, the prosecution said in court on Wednesday. Police had to intervene to remove him." SOURCE
In actuality it appears that the below writer wants the Muslim Doctor's Association Code of Ethics implemented - I previously wrote about the UK MDA and their prioritization of Islam and muslim patients and it appears to be the similar case in the USA where blogger Debbie Schlussel - has revealed the USA Muslim Doctor oath.
Expect the chief purveyor of sleazy (myth of) Islamophobia lawsuits, Hamas linked CAIR regarding this (CAIR's goal is to implement sharia law in the USA) to gleefully be rubbing their greedy hands together at the thought of all those lucrative hospital/MD lawsuits for "religious discrimination". AND fully expect to see burkha hospital gowns issued by hospitals - like they do in England/UK - financed by primarily non muslims via increased healthcare costs.
The below reeks of multiculturalistic kowtowing (aka dhimmitude) - and you KNOW the ones who will lose out - possibly get less care and likely be forced to see an MD that you don't know as a muslim woman or man requires your attending physician because - the muslim is the priority.
This "respect" article should be retitled:
DICTATING THE ISLAMIZATION OF USA HOSPITALS
She declines to be alone in an exam room with a male doctor. She does not want to be touched by a man who is not a family member, even as part of a medical examination.
It’s a hypothetical situation, recounted in a new paper in The Journal of Medical Ethics, but the scenario neatly summarizes some of the dilemmas confronting health care workers in hospitals serving observant Muslim patients. When the traditional health care system cannot accommodate their needs, what are doctors and nurses to do?
Dr. Aasim I. Padela, an emergency room physician at the University of Michigan, has some ideas. In the new paper, published on Monday, he explains the basic tenets of Islamic medical ethics, with recommendations about accommodating Muslim sensitivities within the health care system.
Though Muslims differ in their adherence to tradition, maintaining modesty is the “overarching Islamic ethic” pertaining to interaction between the sexes, Dr. Padela wrote. The awrah, or parts of the body that are not to be exposed, differ depending on who else is present. For observant Muslim women, covering up the body is important when they are in the company of non-mahram males, those not related by blood or marriage.
People who are non-mahram adults of the opposite sex are prohibited from being alone together in a closed place where sexual intercourse could occur or where even such an accusation could be made, Dr. Padela said. A prophetic tradition states that when a non-mahram woman and man are alone together, Satan is the “third among them,” Dr. Padela noted, so the laws prohibit not only adultery but “proximity” to adultery.
As a result, Muslim men, too, may be reluctant to be cared for by female physicians.
“I don’t want to be misconstrued — I’m not advocating for separate but equal facilities” (oh yes he is - 'camels nose under the tent')of the type that exist in hospitals in Muslim countries, said Dr. Padela, a Muslim who devotes most of his time to research on Islamic medical ethics. “Sometimes it’s a simple matter of asking a patient, ‘Is there some way I can make you more comfortable?’ ”
Dr. Padela cited the case of a Muslim woman who had recently undergone surgery.
“She went to a physician whom she trusted and told him, ‘I need to at least have my head covering on when I leave the operating room,’ ” he recalled. The hijab is part of the dress code for many, though not all, Muslim women.
“When she woke up, she was wearing a gown, but her head was uncovered,” Dr. Padela said. “She was livid. She had been there many hours. She will never go back to that hospital again.”
Indeed, concerns about modesty can play out in unexpected ways in hospital settings. A few years ago, Dr. Padela was working in an emergency room when a middle-aged South Asian woman arrived by ambulance. She had fallen on her back the day before and hadn’t been able to use the bathroom for 24 hours. It was possible she had suffered a spinal cord injury.
But there was no female physician on duty, and the patient, an observant Muslim, was reluctant to be examined by a male physician. Dr. Padela eventually convinced her to allow him to examine her spinal cord, offering to wear gloves so as to avoid direct skin-to-skin contact.
The patient refused a rectal exam, yet Dr. Padela’s supervisor later criticized him for not doing one, saying he could have missed a serious injury that might have caused permanent paralysis.
While most doctors are receptive to improving communication with patients like this one, others cite time constraints, saying they “don’t have time to do an anthropologic evaluation of a family,” said Dr. Joseph Betancourt, an internist who is director of multicultural education at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
He cautioned that there is so much variation in practice among Muslims that health providers must be careful not generalize or make assumptions about patients’ beliefs and practices. Still, he said, it is helpful for doctors to know something about Muslim traditions. Having a better understanding usually improves communication and may actually save time.
Dr. Naureen Zafar is director of the Medina Clinic at Harlem Hospital Center, an initiative of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation that is open to all but is geared toward serving West Africans, most of whom are Muslim. She said that research has shown many devout Muslim women delay accessing health care and may have very advanced disease by the time they seek medical help. “They don’t even want to give personal histories to men who are strangers to them,” she said.
Pregnant Muslim women usually seek out a female obstetrician for prenatal care and prefer to have a female doctor present at delivery. That request cannot always be accommodated, Dr. Zafar said.
“It may depend on whoever is on call when they come in to deliver,” Dr. Zafar said, adding that Islamic law allows for exceptions when it’s a “life and death situation.”
Many health care centers have already taken steps to accommodate Muslim patients. Franklin Hospital in Valley Stream on Long Island, which is part of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, recently started offering patients halal food in keeping with Muslim dietary rules, said Joe Manopella, executive director of the hospital.
Other steps that hospitals might take include intake questionnaires where patients can list their religious concerns and values, Dr. Padela said. They also might provide more modest hospital gowns or give patients the option of wearing their own clothing. (see hospital gown pictured above)
I have written several blogs regarding the serial offender, Dentist Omer Butt, and his ties to terrorism (through his brother Hassan Butt), run-ins with law enforcement, and overt discrimination and assault against British women - now comes the news that he has been arrested on suspicion of committing fraud against the National Health Service for whom he works.
Thus this is an UPDATE to a 28 October 2008 blog re-posted in full below. I ended that blog with the statement "Something tells me that we haven't heard the last from this pair of Butts." and clearly I was right.
Unfortunately if Omer Butt's past experience holds true - he'll likely once again skate through the dhimmified British judicial system---unscathed.
Dentist is arrested in 'NHS fraud plot' probe
A dentist has been arrested following a police investigation into an alleged plot to defraud the NHS.
Omer Butt was arrested on suspicion of fraud offences following a police raid at his home on Sheepfoot Lane, in Prestwich, near Bury.
He was being questioned last night in custody.
Police teams searched Mr Butt’s home and dental practice, the Unsworth Smile Clinic, on Parr Lane, Unsworth, Bury, throughout yesterday.
Two other men were also arrested on suspicion of fraud offences and were being questioned. The investigation centres on the number of NHS patients being treated at the surgery.
All dental surgeries hold contracts to treat NHS patients with funding from their local primary care trusts.
Police teams were also searching an address linked to the investigation on Park Lane, Prestwich. No financial details have been revealed.
Mr Butt, 34, and the two other men were arrested at 7am yesterday.
A police spokesman said: "GMP arrested three men aged 34, 30 and 27 on suspicion of fraud offences in Bury. The arrests follow an investigation into a suspected conspiracy to defraud the National Health Service.
"Officers are currently searching addresses on Parr Lane, Unsworth, Sheepfoot Lane, Prestwich, and Park Lane, Prestwich, as part of the investigation. Inquiries are continuing."
The Unsworth Smile Clinic was closed yesterday with a sign on the door saying ‘closed just for today’. Police were stationed outside.
Patients were being directed to an alternative emergency service. NHS Bury said it was aware of ‘some disruption’ to services at the dental practice.
A spokesman said: "Arrangements have been put in place to ensure that patients requiring urgent dental care can access appropriate advice and care."
All patients were referred to Moorgate Primary Care Centre in Bury.
28 OCTOBER 2008 BLOG:
Muslim Butt Brothers hit Policewoman with Car & Hurl Racial Insults
More proof that Greater Manchester muslim Butt brothers continue to be a pain in the backside to the British people.
Hassan Butt has claimed to have recruited hundreds of British Muslims to fight for al Qaida in the past - though he is now touted as a "reformed terrorist"
Last March I wrote about the other brother, Dentist Omer Butt, as he refused to provide dental care for any woman who did not wear a head scarf and reduced fees for those women who did wear a scarf. (Note the article featured below says that Butt did this to muslim women - but the original article quoted from last March stated the more general term "women".) Omer Butt was subsequently found guilty of serious professional misconduct.
The latest incident involving the duo:
"Police were called to a pharmacy in Parr Lane, Unsworth, just after 10.30am on Tuesday following reports that a car had blocked in other drivers and a man was refusing to move it.
The motorist, Omer Butt, 32, is said to have driven the car at a female officer who was signalling for him to stop. It is understood the vehicle hit the officer on the leg and caused her minor injuries.
Hassan Butt, 28, then arrived at the scene and allegedly used racial and abusive language."
The article goes on to state:
""Omer Butt was subsequently charged with assaulting a police officer and Hassan Butt has been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence. Both men have been bailed and are due to appear before magistrates in Bury on October 31."
It comes as no surprise that clearly Omer still has huge issues with women- considering the treatment of women by the followers of Islam and clearly Hassan still has not truly "renounced" terrorist "tendencies" - the British police apparently agree. The Butt brothers actions certainly fly in the face of the media over-hyped (myth of) Islamophobia. (and likely why this incident is local rather than UK national news)
Thus is it correct to say that the unacceptable & illegal actions of Omer & Hassan Butt are examples of Kuffarophobia (muslim hatred of non muslims)?
Something tells me that we haven't heard the last from this pair of Butts.
For complete article go to (article has since been removed by Pendletoday - as they frequently do when the subject is muslim crime):
'Reformed Terrorist' on Race Abuse Charges
****UPDATE April10,2010 - Dead Yemeni Child Bride Tied-up and raped
"A 13-year-old Yemeni child bride who bled to death shortly after marriage was tied down and forced to have sex by her husband, according to interviews with the child's mother, police and medical reports.
The girl's mother, Nijma Ahmed, 50, told the Associated Press that before her daughter lost consciousness, she said that her husband had tied her up and forced himself on her. "She looked like she was butchered," she said about her daughter's injuries.
A forensic report obtained by the AP showed that Assi's injuries were much more extensive, including extensive tearing around the vagina and rectum
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There are all types of animals on this Earth - some walk on two legs and some walk on four but a man who would take a little girl and repeatedly force himself sexually on her and into her until her reproductive organs ruptured causing her to haemorrhage to death - is not a man - he is a monster who slithers on his belly making even poisonous snakes look good.
He is the ultimate sorry excuse for a man as real men want to defend and care for children - not rape them. A man who has sex with a child is a paedophile no matter what country he lives in no matter what religion he spouts and no matter what religious book he hides under.
Muslim apologists need not spout their multicultural claptrap at me - or at the now dead girl - who's young life was snuffed out by a barbarian that would not control his perverted morals or genitals.
Muslim women and their Western anthopologist cheerleaders are also to blame. Yemen saw fit to recently propose a law banning child marriage. So what happened? Women marched in the streets - using the symbolic act of holding their Qur'an's over their heads - protesting the new law. Sorry ladies but you can't hide under the Qur'an on this. Undoubtedly these are the same women who tie down their granddaughters, daughters & nieces and have a 'cutter' slice off the little girl's external genitalia - female genital mutilation. (Yemen parliament refused to ban female circumcision) thus leaving it up to little girl's to stand up for their rights.
Too bad 13 year old, Ilham Mahdi al-Assi, didn't have a Qur'an to hide under or to use to pummel the child rapist she was forced to marry -- instead of being forced to endure horrific physical and emotional torture.
This death is totally outrageous and completely preventable yet even Western countries in efforts to pander to muslims - on every level - spout alot of crap about forced marriage being bad yet are there laws to specifically criminalize it. ? NO!
Isn't it true that tales of forced marriage are not short of becoming commonplace in England/Great Britain/Europe? How long will it be before we pick up a newspaper or turn on the telly and read or see a story about genital mutilation or forced marriage which often leads to child rape and not even raise an eyebrow?
How long before we are standing - with that rapidly growing crowd - hiding under the Qur'an?
Article in full:
Report 13-year-old bride dies five days after her wedding when suffering rupture in her sex organs, haemorrhaging.
SANAA - A 13-year-old Yemeni girl who had been forced into marriage died five days after her wedding when she suffered a rupture in her sex organs and haemorrhaging, a local right's organisation said Thursday.
Ilham Mahdi al-Assi died on Friday in al-Thawra hospital, in Hajja province north of the capital, the Shaqaeq Arab Forum for Human Rights said in a statement quoting a medical report.
She was wedded on Monday in a traditional arrangement known as "swap marriage" in which the brother of the bride also married the sister of the groom, it said.
"The child Ilham has died as a martyr due to the abuse of children's lives in Yemen," the non-governmental organisation said.
Her death is a "flagrant example" of the results of opposing the ban on child marriage in Yemen, which is leading to "killing child females," it said.
The marriage of young girls is widespread in Yemen which has a strong tribal structure.
The death of a 12-year-old girl in childbirth in September illustrated the case of the country's "brides of death," many of whom are married off even before puberty.
Controversy has heightened in Yemen recently over a law banning child marriage in the impoverished country through setting a minimum age of 17 for women and 18 for men.
Thousands of conservative women demonstrated outside parliament last month answering a call by Islamist parties opposing the law.
A lesser number of women rallied at the same venue a few days later in support of the law, whose implementation is blocked pending a request by a group of MPs for a review, although it had passed last year in the chamber.
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Will this soon be happening in our country?
There is no doubt that Britain has health troubles. The MRSA & the Clostridium difficile super bugs have become rampant in a huge number of British hospitals and care homes and have infected and killed thousands of patients - from babies to the elderly with one elderly person per HOUR dying of a superbug. Hospital deaths from superbugs rose 72% in just one year - killing 6,500.
These are all innocent people who went to UK hospitals to receive medical care for other health issues - not to be handed a more complicated - or even worse - a death sentence. Equally -if not more- alarming is the numbers of superbug infections outside of the hospital setting threatening the general public. Undoubtedly there are many causes for the rise in these nosocomial infections but one has to note the uncanny coincidence in the numbers of muslim doctors and nurses and their oft refusals to follow hospital sanitary rules.
Let's first go back to an blog I wrote --- UK MUSLIM DOCTOR ASSOCIATION EXPOSES THEY CARE ONLY ABOUT MUSLIMS --- in which I exposed the constitution & code of ethics of the Muslim Doctors and Dentists Association of the UK :
"NO WHERE IS IT FOUND THAT THE MUSLIM DOCTORS AND DENTISTS HAVE AS THEIR PRIME OBJECTIVE THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE NON MUSLIM BRITISH PEOPLE- in fact- the British people in general are not even given a mention as only muslims are a worthwhile. It is obvious that this lack of concern, by muslim doctors, for non muslim patients in not exclusive just to the UK but would extend worldwide.
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The Muslim Doctors and Dentisits Association UK (M.D.D.A. UK) _________________________________ Perhaps this detachment from the kuffar (non-muslim) patients explains why a male muslim nurse could be so callous as to leave a dying patient covered in his own vomit for hours. Looks like Muhammed Shakeel had other priorities. I wonder if the dying man had MRSA? Then we find recalcitrant female muslim medical students who snubbed hospital cleanliness procedures: "Medics in hospitals in at least three major English cities have refused to follow the regulations aimed at helping tackle superbugs because of their faith, it has been revealed." LINK "But female Muslim students training in hospitals in England have refused to implement the directive because Islam forbids women exposing more than their hands and face in public." LINK They have threatened to leave their studies if forced to comply - I say GOOD RIDDANCE! No surprise that these female students were backed up by the Islamic Medical Association. (see above) One hospital - whose adminstrator clearly still possesses a backbone - recently fired a female muslim radiographer who pulled the "don't want to roll up my sleeves" nonsense. (Didn't these people receive proper training in washing hands and cleanliness around patients when in training PRIOR to choosing a career in medicine?) "The radiographer was told by managers at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading that she must either follow the national dress code designed to combat superbugs and roll her sleeves up, or leave. " This woman - who supposedly feels so strongly about her religious beliefs - yet doesn't want to be identified - has vowed to campaign against the NHS's "bare below the elbows" policy. "The woman, who did not want to be identified, said she wants to "prevent the policy from being universally applied, so other Muslim women do not experience the same trauma." LINK Something tells me she's a far less traumatised then the patient who is dying from MRSA infection complications. More likely than not she's looking for some financial compensation to assuage her "trauma". Now comes a report that muslim doctors and nurses are refusing to use alcohol based gels to combat the fast spreading swine flu. (See article below) "Some Muslims have refused to use alcohol-based hand gels to combat the spread of swine flu because they claim it is against their religion." Clearly the attitude is "to hell with the patients - muslim sensitivities come first!" It is interesting to note how the muslims exhibit a complete lack of concern about risks to patient's health and the spread of the superbugs when it suits muslim "religious" needs to avoid the rules of hygiene ----- yet will use 'concern' for patient's healthcare issues to justify the wearing of muslim clothing - in this case the hijab - while working in a surgical setting. "Hospitals should allow Muslim women to wear a "theatre hijaab" in surgical environments, doctors have heard.....Ms Talukdar, 25, said the hijaab would be made from sterile material so it was completely risk-free to the patient. "We are very aware that MRSA and infection is a concern. We do not want to put patients at risk."" LINK So which one is it?? Once again - whatever muslims demand - is ALWAYS the correct answer. Could the consistent and historic lack of muslim personnel following hospital cleanliness procedures be one of the central reasons why the swine flu pandemic (in addition to MRSA & Clostridium difficile) is now burning through the British population - with 100,000 new cases reported just this past Thursday- and with some predicting that one half of all Britons will be infected? Perhaps it is high time that we kuffar voice our concerns about the cleanliness of muslim health workers in light of the above and especially when coupled with our review of the primitive Islamic toileting rules -- and use the muslim tactic of citing the verses from the Qur'an that dictate these rules to highlight OUR worries. Undoubtedly this should lead us all to the rational conclusion that Islamists are incompatible with Western medicine. Article in full: Muslims refuse to use alcohol-based hand gels over religious beliefs Some Muslims have refused to use alcohol-based hand gels to combat the spread of swine flu because they claim it is against their religion. Some of those employed by St Albans Council in Hertfordshire have complained about the antibacterial lotion, which is considered a key strategy in containing the virus. Officials were concerned because the Koran bans Muslims from consuming alcohol, so council chiefs issued them with non-alcohol hand gels, which studies have shown to be less effective in killing bugs. But Muslim leaders criticised the council’s decision to change the gel, pointing out that Islamic teachings allow Muslims to use alcohol for medicinal purposes. The Muslim Council of Britain said: ‘We would advise people to follow the medical advice so we would, of course, encourage people to use hand gel. ‘People need to find ways to accommodate their beliefs.’ Councils, schools and businesses across the country have ordered supplies of alcohol-based hand gels to reduce the spread of swine flu. A spokesman for St Albans Council said it had issued hand gel to all employees in May.
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***FOR UPDATE SEE BELOW***
Islamic proselytizer Dentist Omer Butt (brother of "reformed terrorist - Hassam Butt) is once again being true to his last name as he continues to insist upon shrouding non-veil wearing muslim women and 'de-jewelry-ise' men before he will perform any dentistry on them.
Way back in September of 2007 I wrote about this obnoxious, unprofessional man. Clearly instead of following General Denistry Council standards - he chooses to adhere to the Code of Ethics of The Muslim Doctors and Dentists Association UK (M.D.D.A. UK) where I recently exposed:
"Please note under section 2 Objects and powers that their main object is to ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN THE UK and to promote and preserve the good health of MUSLIMS in the UK.
2. Objects and powers
2.1 The objects of the association shall be:-
2.1.1. To advance the Islamic religion in the practice of medicine in the United Kingdom
2.1.2. To advance medical education in relation to the doctrines, practices and traditions of the Islamic religion.
2.1.3. To promote research in various aspects of medical science and to disseminate and publish the useful results of such research.
2.1.4. To promote the preservation and protection of the good health of Muslims in the United Kingdom.
(As an aside - NO WHERE IS IT FOUND THAT THE MUSLIM DOCTORS AND DENTISTS HAVE AS THEIR PRIME OBJECTIVE THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE NON MUSLIM BRITISH PEOPLE- in fact- the British people in general are not even given a mention as only muslims are a worthwhile. It is obvious that this lack of concern, by muslim doctors, for non muslim patients in not exclusive just to the UK but would extend worldwide.)
So here we are - nearly four years later (see below) and this bullying healthcare provider is still thumbing his nose at the British laws governing dentistry - despite a "warning" from the UK General Dentistry Council (GDC)and STILL coercing his patients to abide by Islamic rules.
"Dr Omer Butt ordered female patients to wear headscarves and forced men to take off gold jewellery before allowing them into the dentists' chair. He even kept a box full of hijabs at his practice so he could lend them to women before checking their teeth."
For the second time Omer Butt appeared before the GDC panel - the panel concluded:
......that Butt, of Prestwich, Greater Manchester, sought to impose a dress code on Muslim patients while working at the Unsworth Smile Clinic in Bury, Greater Manchester, between April 2005 and June 2007.
The GDC committee found: 'Your evidence was that you regard yourself as a Muslim first and a dentist second, and it is clear that you were using your position as a dentist to seek to influence patients as to non-clinical issues.
'You have explained that you had a moral and religious obligation to persuade other Muslims to comply with Islamic requirements.
'You admitted that you would offer rewards to some patients who complied with the dress code.
'The committee concludes that these actions are more consistent with a person who has gone beyond mere persuasion or request and is seeking to impose a dress code.'
The committee heard how the dentist, who is the older brother of extremist Hassan Butt, put up signs asking women to cover their heads in his surgery and asking Muslims to observe religious law.
'Your evidence was that issues in respect of dress code would be raised with patients on a frequent basis,' the committee said.
.....The GDC panel, which is sitting in London, will now consider whether this impaired Dr Butt's fitness to practise and, if so, what penalty to impose on him."
Thus we have overt Islamic fanaticism by Dr. (and I use the word loosely) Omer Butt - it will be interesting to see if this panel has the guts to actually 'strike off' this religious zealot. A large fine would also be in order. But past performance of UK officials in disciplining muslims - using lame excuses to explain muslim bad behaviour- does not bode well for real punishment.
It is also high time that the British General Medical Council and the General Dentisty Council review the Muslim Doctors and Dentists Association of the UK - as clearly any member of this group would also consider him or herself as a muslim first and a doctor/dentist second. This group should be banned or forced to change their Code of Ethics.
But don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.
Article in full:
Radical Muslim dentist refused to treat patients unless they wore traditional Islamic dress Dentist Omer Butt faces being struck off after refusing to treat women patients not wearing a headscarf A dentist faces being struck off after refusing to treat Muslim patients unless they wore Islamic dress. Dr Omer Butt ordered female patients to wear headscarves and forced men to take off gold jewellery before allowing them into the dentists' chair.. He even kept a box full of hijabs at his practice so he could lend them to women before checking their teeth. Butt enforced his religious dress code despite previously being warned by the General Dental Council for the same offence. The dentist ordered two women to wear head scarves before he would see them and their families, the professional conduct committee of the GDC found. One woman was forced to leave the clinic in pain after refusing to cover her head while another wore the garment but was outraged after Butt asked her son if he prayed. The panel concluded that Butt, of Prestwich, Greater Manchester, sought to impose a dress code on Muslim patients while working at the Unsworth Smile Clinic in Bury, Greater Manchester, between April 2005 and June 2007. The GDC committee found: 'Your evidence was that you regard yourself as a Muslim first and a dentist second, and it is clear that you were using your position as a dentist to seek to influence patients as to non-clinical issues. 'You have explained that you had a moral and religious obligation to persuade other Muslims to comply with Islamic requirements. 'You admitted that you would offer rewards to some patients who complied with the dress code. 'The committee concludes that these actions are more consistent with a person who has gone beyond mere persuasion or request and is seeking to impose a dress code.' The committee heard how the dentist, who is the older brother of extremist Hassan Butt, put up signs asking women to cover their heads in his surgery and asking Muslims to observe religious law. 'Your evidence was that issues in respect of dress code would be raised with patients on a frequent basis,' the committee said. 'It may be that you were not successful in every case and the committee has heard that some female Muslim patients were treated without wearing a head scarf. 'Nonetheless, the committee is satisfied that you had a general policy to seek to impose a dress code with the intention that the patient in question would agree to it.' The GDC panel, which is sitting in London, will now consider whether this impaired Dr Butt's fitness to practise and, if so, what penalty to impose on him. This is the second time that the dentist has appeared before a disciplinary committee for his stance on traditional Muslim dress. In September 2007, Butt received an admonition from the GDC after being found guilty of discriminating against a female patient by refusing to treat her unless she wore 'appropriate Islamic dress'. The patient said staff at his clinic told her Muslim women had to wear a head scarf and Muslim men could not wear gold jewellery. ***07/04/09 UPDATE*** TO NO SURPRISE - Dr BUTT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO PRACTISE - apparently the Coucil believe he has "changed his ways". SEE Dress Code Dentist Can Continue to Practise 
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