An update to a troubling story that Jihad Watch covered about veteran medical doctor, Keith Wolverson. A brief background: He is facing an inquiry and possible dismissal for “discrimination” after asking a Muslim woman to remove her veil so he could hear her better, while treating her son in the walk-in centre at Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. After Dr. Wolverson’s polite request, she willingly complied, but her supremacist husband later raised a stink about it about it, resulting in an inquiry. The ordeal lead to Wolverson planning to quit “and retrain as a cosmetic practitioner.” He stated:
I feel a major injustice has taken place. This is why you are waiting so long to see your GP and doctors are leaving in droves. This country will have no doctors left if we continue to treat them in this manner. I’m deeply upset.
The update….
More than 11,000 people have rallied behind Dr. Wolverson. 11,000 signatures flowed in to defend and support Dr. Wolverson from this gross injustice in less than 24 hours. The case involving Dr. Wolverson demonstrates just how far one hospital will go to appease Muslims, at the expense of a dedicated employee and of justice.
“Thousands rally to defend doctor ‘forced out’ for asking Muslim woman to lift veil as more than 11,000 sign petition in less than 24 hours”, by James Tozer, Daily Mail, May 21, 2019:
More than 11,000 people have rallied behind a doctor under investigation for asking a Muslim woman to remove her veil during an appointment.
Supporters have signed an online petition in huge numbers demanding Dr Keith Wolverson, 52, keep his job to ‘protect his reputation’.
The petition also called on the General Medical Council (GMC) to ‘treat this man fairly and look at all the evidence’ after it was revealed a complaint had been made to them by the patient following the incident at Royal Stoke University Hospital.
The doctor said he is unable to find work and is planning to quit medicine and retrain as a cosmetic practitioner.
Dr Wolverson claims the woman did not object when he ‘politely’ asked her to remove the face covering, adding he only asked because he was struggling to understand what she was saying about her sick daughter.
But her husband later made a complaint and last week the locum GP was shocked to receive a letter from doctors’ regulator the General Medical Council. It said that he was being investigated over allegations of racial discrimination which could result in him being struck off.
The GMC said it never confirmed whether doctors were under investigation unless they were given conditions or suspended, neither of which has happened to Dr Wolverson at this stage…..
owensgate says
I don’t understand this at all. It makes no sense. How can a doctor ascertain a patient’s health unless he has access to the eyes, ears, nose, and general pallor, if he cannot get to them because they must remain “hidden” to avoid angering “allah”? Are they just insane over there in the UK?
mneidoff says
It was her son who was the patient, but he could not understand her, sometimes you need to see a person’s face if they an accent and the expression to fully communicate. Fanatic savages is all I have to say, and the Brits have a huge problem since they did not insist they assimilate and respect their customs and values, the US is on the verge too, but these idiot leftists don’t get it and won’t until they rape their daughters, and impose their beliefs on their children in their schools and make it impossible for a woman to walk down a street unmolested if not wearing a veil. Or even then they may defend them. crazy
Ashley says
It was their daughter, not son.
From the original report on JW:
“Dr Keith Wolverson said he ‘politely’ asked the woman to take off the garment for patient safety reasons during a consultation last year because he was unable to hear her explain her sick daughter’s symptoms.”
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Scott says
Lucky he didn’t ask to see her tits!
William A Carr says
Yes it is not like we have a big surplus of doctors in UK, and no long waiting lists. In fact we have to ‘steal’ doctors from countries that already need them desperately. Which in my opinion is deeply immoral.
ItsJo says
When the UK decided that it wanted “to show HOW diverse they were, and allowed their country to be OVERRUN with allowing Muslims there(who obviously spent large sums of money and they liked the economy of Arabs/etal. spending) who THEN, appeared to Take Over. It is What Muslims do…they inhabit a nation, saying they will comply with the laws of that host nation, then they ‘fight to have their OWN laws enacted. When the UK, gave into them, and allowed “Sharia Law to enjoin with English Law…….YOU GAVE YOUR NATION OVER TO MUSLIMS, WHO WILL NOW, TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO. With the Diversity Dreams of the UK, you have LOST THE UK.
Just as now France is doing, they will ALSO lose their beautiful country and their OWN FRENCH HERITAGE. They HIDE the violence against their ‘Christian Churches, Notre Dame being the big story, but there have been some 800+ attacks on same churches to REMOVE Christianity, and these are Muslims doing this. Sweden is Another nation that is LOST TO MUSLIMS, AS WOMEN
ARE ATTACKED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT….JUST AS THE SOLIDER IN THE UK, WAS BEHEADED BY A MUSLIM TERRORIST. All these 7th Century people need to be sent to their OWN Nations……NOT CIVILIZED ONES BECAUSE THEY DO NOT BECOME PART OF THAT NATION BUT RATHER, TRY TO “START THEIR OWN NATION, WITHIN THE HOST ONE!”
Carolyne says
In answer to the question somewhere above “Are the British insane?”. Yes, they apparently are.
mortimer says
This is theatre of the ABSURD. The UK has allowed kafir-hating Muslims to lecture everyone about prejudice … when Muslims are in fact among THE MOST PREJUDICED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD !!
Muslims are required to HATE DISBELIEVERS “FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH”.
This teaching is called “AL WALAA WAL BARAA” … look it up here: “full of vicious & violent stuff”
Islam promotes DOUBLE STANDARDS.
It isn’t HATE when Muslims do it. (al Walaa wal Baraa)
mortimer says
Link to AL WALAA WAL BARAA:
http://westindanger.com/wb/walaa-baraa.html
PABLO says
It moved from reasonable accommodation to expected capitulation for anything or anyone “Muslim”. This is all brought you by your elected leaders. In my world, the husband would be given the biggest FY.
SweetOlBob says
There must be NO accommodation to anything demanded or even requested by muslims to help them fulfill the demands of the cult of islam ! The choice of so called religions was theirs alone. Civilized people are not responsible to see that they do their elected duty.
Like all religions, (especially the one’s islam was copied from) have provisions for excusing the faithful if situations prevent the practice of every demanded point.
But filthy, lying muslims insist that they must be given special dispensation from rules that apply to everyone else.
It has to stop ! It never should have been allowed to happen in the first place !
John Allan says
Discrimination? She’s a Muslim. Discrimination is all they think of, all they talk about. The UK is NOT a Muslim country. If Muslims don’t like it, they can always sod-off to one. Otherwise, shut up.
Scott says
I do hope British people eventually get totally sick and tired of ths wretched islamic nonsense. That woman should be struck off any doctor’s list. Let her pay for private treatment by a female muslim doctor.
Paul says
Just signed. The petition (on Change.org) is now over 44,000, and growing by the minute.
GreekEmpress says
Paul, can you send a link where I can sign? Does it matter if we’re in the US?
Thanks!
Dawne says
The link is here: https://www.change.org/p/general-medical-council-stop-dr-wolverson-getting-fired
You have to insert your address, so it’s clear anyway if people aren’t resident in the UK, but still gives a boost to the headline numbers! I found it a bit of a fiddly process, because you have to validate the email address you use, but we’ve all signed it now.
Dawne says
50,000 have now signed and rising steadily. The link is
Jean Terry says
England leadership has gone insane. What a disgrace. I hate seeing what is happening there to human rights. They welcome Muslim extremists and ban Christians and others for telling the truth in public. They will go down if this continues and be a Muslim state.
Rufolino says
Absolutely right, and few British will protest when the United Kingdom goes down because the younger generation doesn’t believe in ANYTHING. (Apart from “The Game of Thrones”.)
They are being taught that “diversity” and “tolerance” and “inclusion” are far more important than any innate British or Christian values. British history means almost nothing to kids, it isn’t being taught. Islam has got it made.
Britain is selling itself down the river and only a small minority are even bothered. Its fate is already defined.
Dawne says
I wish I could say you’re wrong. Though my daughter, son and their friends (younger generation) are all mobilised as far as one can in this increasingly police state.
James Lincoln says
I found an interesting reference in the UK The Sun news site:
“The GMC says medics who wear a veil must remove it if a patient finds it an “obstacle” to communication. They give no guidance on how GPs should react in the reverse situation.:”
Point in fact, communication is a two-way interaction.
The chances are, if the doctor had NOT asked the Muslim woman to at least partially remove her niquab in order to enable clear communication, a complaint would likely have been filed for this as well.
I think that the take-home is this: if a doctor is treating a Muslim patient, a same-sex standby should always be employed to document the encounter and protect the physician against malicious and nuisance complaints.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9107808/family-gp-quit-medicine-axed-muslim-mum-remove-veil-appointment/
simpleton1 says
No problem having a same sex standby, so long as the muslima and family pay for the extra.
A same sex standby, eventually becomes another muslima, and the charge out rate will have to be spread out on all the other patients.
Or the extra money allocated for the standby out of the current budget, would mean that Doctors would have to see fewer patients.
Always an angle of costing the economy.
CRUSADER says
11,000 people have rallied behind Dr. Wolverson.
11,000 signatures flowed in to defend and support
Dr. Wolverson from this gross injustice….
MAYBE just enough people are waking up in the UK…. FINALLY!!!
Time to form an ACT for UK
based on the platform of
ACT for America !
http://www.ACTforAmerica.org
Rufolino says
11,000 signatures, so some people DO care.
About the other 55,000,000 I’m not so sure. Not time to get excited yet.
CRUSADER says
Rome wasn’t built in a day….
Byzantium wasn’t destroyed in a day….
It’s all about chipping away at the destructive forces of Shari’ah imposition.
A small, dedicated group of people who keep at it
can transform movements….
Join ACT, Rufolino….
Become a warrior in that sense; in addition to what you may be doing.
gravenimage says
UK: thousands rally behind doctor “forced out” for politely asking Muslim woman to lift her veil
……………………………
*Very* heartening to see that so many are coming to the defense of Dr. Wolverson!
Hugh Fitzgerald says
There are now about 46,000 signatures, not 11,000.
One would like to know the names of the couple who accused him. What punishment can they be given for making false charges against Dr. Wolverson? I hope it includes a very large fine.
James Lincoln says
Mr. Fitzgerald,
I am a US physician board-certified in two specialties.
In the UK, the General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of doctors. According to their website, they are committed to protecting patients, promoting good medical practice, and promoting high standards of medical education and training.
Their function is very similar to the state medical boards that we have in the United States.
In the United States, any patient or person acting in the patient’s (or public’s) interest can file a complaint against the physician with the pertinent state medical board. The complaint can be about anything but if it has filed by a patient or person acting in the patient’s interest, it usually centers around perceived patient care or ethical / behavioral issues
The board evaluates the complaint, examines pertinent medical records, and interviews the physician.
If the complaint is deemed to be without merit, it is dismissed.
If the complaint is deemed to have merit, the physician is sanctioned. The sanction can range anywhere from a letter of guidance all the way to a revocation of a medical license.
Medical boards are regulatory agencies and not courts of law. The vast majority of complaints are found to be frivolous and without merit. The medical boards, however, are not in the business of trying to discourage the filing of complaints, even those that appear to be somewhat vindictive. That being said, there is no formal mechanism that I am aware of for the physician to file a complaint against the patient who appears to be abusing the system.
This is a very short synopsis of how medical boards work in the United States, they appear to work similarly in the UK.
Point in fact, it is very frustrating for a physician to have a complaint filed against them that has absolutely no merit – and the physician has literally no recourse that I am aware of.
I think that I have my facts straight, if some of our Jihad Watch attorneys out there have a difference spin on it, please chime in.
CRUSADER says
What about the courts system as a recourse?
Halal Bacon says
do you mean, “no shoes, no shirt, no service” is invalid? oh my word!
eduardo odraude says
Here’s a classic David Wood video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERou_Q5l9Gw
James Lincoln says
eduardo odraude,
Thanks for the YouTube post.
All should watch.
CRUSADER says
You don’t find David Wood “snarky”
as “TheBuffster” seems to?
gravenimage says
David Wood is a great Anti-Jihadist–and I like his sense of humor.
CRUSADER says
eduardo odraude,
uoy knaht !!!!
DAVID WOOD is ALWAYS informative…. HOOYAH!!!
Ade Fegan says
We ain’t seen nothing yet
Westman says
“..doctors are leaving in droves..” No problem, just train some of the new “best of people” off the street to be physician’s assistants.
Jayell says
Sadly, you’re dead right! That’s exactly what’s been happening for years. Then look at the General Medical Council reports for doctors prosecuted/reported/struck off, etc, for incompetence, negligence, malpractice, gross misconduct, etc, and note where an unduly significant proportion of them come from. And we won’t mention the three or four to my knowledge who are currently enjoying Her Majesty’s hospitality.
keya says
Why didn’t the husband prevent his wife from seeing a male doctor. Isn’t this haram for a woman to be in the same room with a non-related male? I think these muslums were trying to find a way to harass an infidel. It’s in their unholy Koran and commanded by their sky god.
Jayell says
It’s their usual ‘victim’ rubbish, which is, of course, inverted domination (the same sort of thing that one gets from the stereotypical ‘spoilt brat’ who controls the parent).
Gray says
I really don’t see why some people are struggling to understand why this happened. From my understanding of the Islamic pathology, the anger of the husband all makes perfect sense. Western medicine is underpinned by a respect for human life, and the interest and welfare of the patient are always paramount. Not so in Islam. Islam has no respect whatsoever for human life, whether Muslim or infidel. Everything happens as Allah wills it. In addition all women are some man’s property, be it her father, her husband or some male relative. Here, the mother made a grievous error in taking her sick daughter to a male physician, in the first place. No doubt her husband has already diffidently pointed out her error, with that gentleness and forbearance which is a hallmark of Islam world-wide. Next, the male doctor should never have asked the mother to remove her veil. Only the husband is permitted to do that. This is a woman of Islam we are talking about here, not one of your scantily clad, immoral infidel sluts, who will do anything any man tells them to do. It is no excuse for the male doctor to complain that he needed to be able to hear the mother properly, in order to treat the daughter. The practices and traditions of Islam are paramount, and prevail over any kaffir notions of duty to the patient. If the doctor cannot hear the mother, and cannot treat the daughter properly, well, too bad.. And if the daughter dies in consequence, well, her death is clearly the will of Allah. When you get right down to it, it’s all Britain’s fault. This would never have happened if the country’s kaffur Government had ensured all hospitals were adequately staffed by female doctors. Then, female Muslim patients would never be exposed to the attentions of infidel males. No doubt we should all be thankful that the regulatory authorities, at least, seem to have a handle on the situation.
CRUSADER says
sounds so simple
Carolyne says
Infidel women don’t do everything a male tells them to do. I remember several occasions I refused.
LR says
Gray…Love the little write up here…You could have your own satirical blog site – doing ‘commentary’ on all these outrageous stories…
I hope you submitted this to one of the Londonistan papers…
na says
Another news is in Germany, during a TV show “ask your concern to our legal expert” a Jihad refugee asked a question “I killed my wife 10 years ago back in Syria. Is there any possibility to arrest me?”. That man was arrested . Later he complained in court against channel for compensation !
gravenimage says
I can’t find this story. Citations?
Nietzsche says
Can you be so kind as to send a link to the petition, please? I don’t get access from where I live. Search function doesn’t work here.
gravenimage says
Here’s the direct link to the petition, Nietzche:
https://www.change.org/p/general-medical-council-stop-dr-wolverson-getting-fired
PRCS says
There’s something wrong with the story:
The Daily Mail article (Published: 19:48 EDT, 19 May 2019 | Updated: 10:20 EDT, 20 May 2019) says:
Dr Wolverson claims the woman did not object when he ‘politely’ asked her to remove the face covering, adding he only asked because he was struggling to understand what she was saying about her sick daughter.
The Change.Org article says:
After refusing to remove her Niqab, Dr Wolverson ended the consultation. The woman and her husband have made an official complaint to the GMC and now Dr Wolverson faces being fired for discrimination.
gravenimage says
This discrepancy is mentioned above, PRCS. The petition got the details wrong.
ontheridge says
One less doctor to treat people and one more Muslim to wreck society. Evil. Get rid of the Muslims. Refuse to treat them at all. Tell them they have to go to a Muslim doctor and that is it! I’m sure that Muslim doctors can treat Muslim women and children better than any English doctor. They won’t ask them to lift or remove veils and they won’t put hands on them, and they will most likely treat them on the other side of a curtain so they can’t see them and be tempted to rape them, when they are close enough to speak to and hear them.
SamB says
I can imagine how Muslims are laughing in their homes and committees at their audacity of ruling Europe and the Americas. Gone are the insistence of Western way of life and in is the pandering to Islam’s “vulnerabilities.” It seems that the West is living in guilt of past indiscretions but this need not be so. Islam is a condition that drags an advancing humanity to an age that Muslims feel as grand, this abnormal. How can powerful political systems succumb to such relics of inhumanity?
CRUSADER says
Muzzies who are plotting are just eating all of this up!
Assists with their planning of next steps….
Vishnu Raghavan says
What past indiscretions. If they want to live acc to sharia law let em go back to Arabia or wherever their origins are. Dont destroy your home. UK, US and the rest of the world can do pretty well without Muslims. Take it from me- I come from a land filled with em and they are the most ungrateful beings ever.
gravenimage says
Yes–Muslims are a huge threat to all Infidels in India.
UNCLE VLADDI says
This is pure TAQIYYA. Even in sharia law (see The Hedaya) a male doctor (and they had no female doctors, of course!) is exempt from the “prohibited degrees” and is entitled to see any part of a woman not related to him!!!
gravenimage says
It varies around the Muslim world, Uncle Vladdi. After the Taliban took over in Afghanistan they banned Muslim women doctors and nurses, and so women there basically could not get any kind of medical care.
UNCLE VLADDI says
The Hedaya is the main book of the Hanifi maddhab fiqh (school of sharia) which was adopted by the Ottoman empire – which ruled ALL the muslim nations, for centuries – into their Legal Code – so ALL those muslim nations are well-aware of its strictures.
Vishnu Raghavan says
This madness must stop. In India we are battlng these dolts day in and day out. Thers nothing peaceful about islamofascism. dont expect the world to listen. Prepare to battle.
Stephen Silverstein says
He has a duty of care to the patient and that includes asking the mother questions. If he couldn’t hear her, his actions were correct, as he was attempting to fulfil that duty.
DisturbedMary says
All doctors should be required to wear cameras when they are dealing with Muslims.
gravenimage says
Just stop more Muslims from flooding in to our civilized lands.
Jramsix says
It’s here in America.
Please see the below article. Dems across the Nation are trying to make it illegal across the entire Country for a Dr. to deny performing procedures that they find morally or religiously objectionable like Abortion. But, this could easily be translated into Dr’s going to jail for not doing forced Sterilizations or Euthanasia if the State decides that is what they want Dr’s to do. This includes Pharmacists and Nurses too.
Before there were only a few States that would go after a Dr., Nurse, or Pharmacist. That would mean $$$ millions for the conscientious objector in legal fees to appeal these sentences. Now with this they are using it to make it “the law of the land”.
Look at the States and Cities involved. They are all Democrat run. How can they be so blind that they can’t see that it will be them, their families, and their children next that get aborted, sterilized, forced gender transitions, or euthanized against their will? How evil and sick will it get? When the State runs health care no good will come of it. Dr. Wolverson is just an example of things to come. Don’t let this happen here.
https://apnews.com/283128836a38414bb502216dd0a08be1
PRCS says
Reports about the Doctor’s story are inconsistent:
The Daily Mail article (Published: 19:48 EDT, 19 May 2019 | Updated: 10:20 EDT, 20 May 2019) says:
1. Dr Wolverson claims the woman did not object when he ‘politely’ asked her to remove the face covering, adding he only asked because he was struggling to understand what she was saying about her sick daughter.
The Change.Org article says:
2. After refusing to remove her Niqab, Dr Wolverson ended the consultation. The woman and her husband have made an official complaint to the GMC and now Dr Wolverson faces being fired for discrimination.
Which is it?
gravenimage says
The story at the petition has some of the details wrong.
Tina says
Seems like there are a lot of different stories about what actually happened – here is another take on it
The complaint to the GMC says the woman told the doctor she did not want to remove the veil on religious grounds but he refused to continue the consultation unless she did.
It claims he was ‘rude’ and ‘gave her a dirty look’, leaving her shocked and crying. She said she felt ‘victimised and racially discriminated’ against. https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/nhs-watchdog-releases-statement-investigation-2889775
PABLO says
Muslims are perpetually offended and the good doctor will most likely be SACRIFICED by spineless leaders.
Frank Wells says
Moslem is a religion not a racial identity
D3F1ANT says
Yeah? And cheese is made from milk…what’s the point?
gravenimage says
So it means that asking a Muslim to remove their veil is not “racist”.
D3F1ANT says
This kind of thing never changes except to get worse. For some reason we are unable to beat back the creeping rot of political correctness/social justice. This doctor should quit regardless of the results of the inquiry. REJECT organizations and employers who acquiesce to the absurd demands of the Leftists, “refugees” and illegal invaders.
sidney penny says
“The case involving Dr. Wolverson demonstrates just how far one hospital will go to appease Muslims, at the expense of a dedicated employee and of justice.”
“just how far one hospital will go to appease Muslims”
and why is she wearing it in the first place?.
I would not converse with a person in a face to face situation without seeing their face.