by S’ola Filani

Four Indian doctors in Nigeria – Yogesh Chandra, Dinesh Kumar, Hemant Jingar, and Kapil Chouhan – 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 the doctors couldn’t leave the country.

They claimed 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.

Sola