Medical Aparthied

You've got to be joking. If these students aren't failed immediately and kicked out then there's something seriously amiss in the medical world.

Some Muslim medical students are refusing to attend lectures or answer exam questions on alcohol-related or sexually transmitted diseases because they claim it offends their religious beliefs.

Some trainee doctors say learning to treat the diseases conflicts with their faith, which states that Muslims should not drink alcohol and rejects sexual promiscuity.

And it's not just studying the subjects either-

A small number of Muslim medical students have even refused to treat patients of the opposite sex. One male student was prepared to fail his final exams rather than carry out a basic examination of a female patient.

The religious objections by students have been confirmed by the British Medical Association (BMA) and General Medical Council (GMC), which both stressed that they did not approve of such actions.

Not approve? Shouldn't they be sending a clear and unambiguous message that such attitudes won't be tolerated by the British medical profession? Would there be any such neutral language if a racist refused to treat black patients? Do you really suppose then that the BMA would mince words and say they "don't approve" of that?

The GMC said it had received requests for guidance over whether students could “omit parts of the medical curriculum and yet still be allowed to graduate”. Professor Peter Rubin, chairman of the GMC’s education committee, said: “Examples have included a refusal to see patients who are affected by diseases caused by alcohol or sexual activity, or a refusal to examine patients of a particular gender.”

He added that “prejudicing treatment on the grounds of patients’ gender or their responsibility for their condition would run counter to the most basic principles of ethical medical practice”.

So can we take it that the GMC is flat out refusing to even consider such requests and is informing those making them that they either get with the program or get out?

What's next is this becomes acceptable? Refusing to treat infidel patients?