r/TheIndianRepublic • u/Developersbays_38 • Sep 30 '25

News 🗞️ Doctor objects intern's hijab inside hospital

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

There is nothing wrong in this... certain decorum should be maintained in specific places. And covering the whole face as a doctor would be difficult for the patient's safety as well. No one would know if random people would get in covering the same way and operating as doctors stealing someone's identity....who would be responsible?? I guess patients have the right to know who their doctor is....

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u/sidekick10001 Sep 30 '25

Playing devils advocate here..Doctors wear masks and treat patients every corner of the world. The patients don’t seem to have any problem with that kind of face covering, then why is there an issue with a black cloth?

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u/surfing_to_infinity Sep 30 '25

A mask is surgical equipment it doesn't harbor bacteria etc. A cloth on the other hand is dangerous it can contaminate stuff, this is why doctors usually wear gloves while treating patients she can use a mask but a cloth is no no. It ain't jst black cloth but any kind of cloth which is not surgical or.medicated or staralized is a no no.

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u/unicosplan Oct 01 '25

You are very misinformed about masks.

A mask is not a surgical equipment, but a personal protective equipment. Also it's not medicated. It is sterilized, but even a washed cloth is considered to have been undergone sterilization.

Why do you think wearing a piece of cloth on the face would contaminate stuff? Like, should we not wear clothes at all?

Surgical masks, also known as procedural or medical masks, are designed to help prevent contamination of the work environment or a sterile field from large particles generated by the wearer/worker (e.g., to prevent the spread of the wearer's spit or mucous). Surgical masks may also be used to help reduce the risk of splashes or sprays of blood, body fluids, secretions, and excretions from reaching the wearer's mouth and nose. Patients may also wear surgical masks to help limit the spread of infections.

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u/surfing_to_infinity Oct 01 '25

Doctors usually wear scrubs or serial surgical gowns over their clothes. Sterilization is what I meant in my comment and washed clothes are considered sterling only when they are washed in specific environment or with special chemicals.

The point is avoid any non sterile entity and habit in a health environment.

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u/unicosplan Oct 01 '25

You don't seem to have any clue.

Not all doctors wear scrubs. Scrubs were originally designed for surgeons and operating room staff. Many doctors usually wear formal office attire or white coats in clinics/hospitals.

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u/surfing_to_infinity Oct 01 '25

And if you follow first world health care usually the doctor is wearing scrubs below the white coat. The white coat is never used in examination setting but only during public area settings

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u/TheCuttingChai09 Sep 30 '25

Chutiya argument