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mo4ch:>PC healthcare? UK doctor may lose job for asking Muslim woman to remove face veil | Mo4ch News

A doctor who asked a Muslim patient to remove her niqab so he could better hear her now faces an internal review and potential termination for alleged discrimination. A petition has been created to support the British physician.Dr. Keith Wolverson, who has been practicing medicine for 23 years, may lose his job at Stoke University Hospital after he asked a woman, who had brought her sick daughter to the hospital, to remove her face veil so he could better hear what she was saying. Wolverson told the Daily Mail that the woman “willingly” complied with his request, but that her husband later found out and filed a complaint.“I'm not racist, this has nothing to do with race, religion or skin colour,” he told the paper, adding: “I've treated women in the past who have worn similar veils but on those occasions I've never had to ask them to remove it – they just did.”Also on rt.comSymbol of oppression? Austria bans headscarves in primary schools sparking criticism on social media