[ April 19, 2024 ]
A Pakistani Christian sewerage cleaner died after three doctors refused to treat him until his sludge-covered body had been washed.
Doctors at Umar Kot Civil Hospital in Sindh Province, refused to even touch 35 year old Irfan Masih a kaffir (non-Muslim) while he was unclean, believing that this would nullify the purity they required during the Ramadan fast, making it ‘makruh (null and void).
Umar Kot has approximately 75 Christian families most f whom are employed as sanitary workers, a job that Muslims refuse to do.
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Brother of Irfan Masih, Parvaiz Masih, described the incident to the British Pakistani Christian Association, he said:
“My brother left our family home and arrived at his workplace at 7am as per usual on the 1st of June. The sewerage lines had been blocked for a few days and it is know this causes a build up of poisonous gases. Despite this knowledge senior managers demanded that my brother Irfan and his colleagues Shaukat and Yaqoob Masih enter the sewerage tunnel without safety gear to remove the blockage.
“All three men refused to unclog the drain but were told that if they did not proceed with entering the drain and extracting the sludge, they would have their employment terminated. So they duly started to clear the sewage pipe.
“They objected that the lines, clogged for a long time, would be filled with poisonous gases, but the three inspectors told them that they either open the clogged lines or quit their jobs.
“Yaqoob entered the manhole first but fell unconscious when he opened the blocked pipe due to strong poisonous fumes.
“My brother Irfan entered next tied a rope around Yaqoob and waited for him to be pulled out, but his rope knot came undone resulting in the body of Yaqoob falling on him and rendering him unconscious too.
“Shaukhat then tried to save the two men but also fell unconscious due to the noxious fumes.
“At 8am I received a call and my colleagues and I ran to help. Shaukat’s brother Faisal also reached there with me. He tied a rope around himself and took another rope to tie onto the bodies of the three. By now much of the poisonous fumes had escaped and we were able to pulled the all three of them out of the manhole.”
Pakistan’s sewerage system has not been modernised since British colonial times. Pipes are buried under the ground, with a series of manholes used to clean them. When a sewer line is blocked, bamboo is put into the pipeline through the manhole to penetrate blockages and restart movement. If it is filled with blackwater sewage (sludge), then a cleaner is expected to hold his breath and dive into the filthy water without any protective gear to clear the blockage.
Pervaiz alleges a call was made by him to Civil Hospital to say that the three unconscious men would be brought to the hospital. But instead of treating the vulnerable victims the first doctor who came to examine them a Mr Muhammad Yousuf, asked a ward assistant to get the bodies of the three men washed before an examination. He clearly advised the ward assistant that he did not want to ruin his fast or make himself unclean which would displease Allah.
Pervaiz Masih also alleges that two doctors Allah Daad and Jaam Kambar also refused to provide any medical treatment due to a fear of ritual impurity. He said:
“Then a fourth doctor Hanif Arisar came, who overlooked the potential ritual impurity and demanded that oxygen be given to Irfan, but the hospital had no available supply.”
“Shaukat and Yaqoob were transferred to Hyderabad Hospital under critical condition, while my brother was pronounced dead after an examination by Dr Hanif.”
The death of Irfan Masih and the negligence of the three doctors caused furore amongst the beleaguered Christians of Umar Kot Christians. Together they blocked a major road junction and formed a demonstration at which they, demanded criminal action be taken against the three named doctors. Initially local police refused to register a crime but after intervention of the Government following a series of media reports a First Incident Report was filed against the three suspects under charges of Murder through negligence.
The Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377 B.C) is traditionally regarded as the founder of medicine, scientific discipline and medical ethics.
The Hippocratic Oath, taken by ancient and medieval doctors, requires high ethical standards from medical doctors. Its principles are considered important in professional and ethical education of medical doctors even today. Many people think that doctors still swear the Hippocratic Oath. It is not compulsory but in fact many medical schools across the world including Pakistan now hold a ceremony where graduating doctors do swear an updated version.
Irrespective of swearing a hippocratic oath they are laws, policies, regulations and practices that govern how a doctor must conduct themselves and what practices they must undertake in the course of their work. The failure to respond to a dying victim in a Pakistani hospital for fear of nullifying Ramadan will no doubt breach these rules.
Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, said:
“The refusal to examine and treat a patient because of a desire to preserve the ritual purity required during the fast of Ramadan is unlawful, a breach of regulations and in many schools of Islamic jurisprudence unscriptural.
“Several witnesses testify that Irfan Masih displayed visible signs of life when he entered the hospital and that the delay in examination resulted in his death.
“Pakistani Authorities must investigate this hospital negligence with due diligence and ensure that appropriate action is taken to ensure future preventable deaths are thwarted.
“Even more sinister however is the disgraceful use of deprived Christians to clean an anachronistic sewerage system. Pakistan must modernise it’s sewerage system and equally ensure that any staff employed in the dangerous environs of a sewerage system have appropriate protective clothing and equipment.”
British Pakistani Christian Association would like to cover the costs for the funeral of Irfan Masih and the medical costs for the two other injured parties, including compensation for time of work. If you would like to contribute towards this please (click here)
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63 Comments
6 years ago
Please stop the holocaust in Palestine!
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
arabs are from arabia
Jews are from Judea
arabians are invaders in Judea
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
You do know the old city in East Jerusalem was 85% Jewish until the Arabs ethnically cleansed it in 1948? If you travel there you might see that almost all the doorways have an area carved out for the Jewish Mezzuzahs. BTW please explain why Arafat was born in Egypt in 1929
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
They tried I guess allah is not all you believe he is. He was born in Egypt because Palestine is a lie!
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
Wow you so verbal, you parents must have spent a fortune on your education. I sorry buy in real life not everyone is gay. I’m sure that may seem different to you being raised on Broke Back Mountain but the vast majority like me we are straight. Be proud of your gayness it’s alright to dance to a different drummer. So dance away and play your trampoline daddy’s waiting for his Snow Flake princess
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
Why aren’t there any Jews living in Gaza or Jordan again Ali Al Shitestain?
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
So some ethnic cleansing is alright by you eh Bashir Al Boneration?
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
Practically every other post by you refers to penises in some way, you’re allah about dick, it’s your obsession not mine.
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
Why does children’s television in Palestine urge small children to murder Jews in the name of Allah? Why do you suppose there are no comparable Israeli shows for kids? If there is a holocaust in Palestine then why is the JAL, a completely Palestinian party bent on destroying Israel the third largest in the Knesset? When Palestinian terrorists murder Israelis, do you think that it is reasonable for Israel to allow them to do so? Why are the families of terrorists who murder Jews paid by the Palestinian Authority? What do you think the most respected scholars in Sunni Islam like Yusuf al qaradawi mean when they say things like muslims should take on Adolf Hitler’s work of killing Jews? Why won’t al azhar university condemn isis or al quaeda as in-Islamic?
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
I wonder if your statement would be better classified as irony or hypocrisy Ali Al Skidmark?
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
Yeah that was funny…back when I was in junior high.
Here’s one for ya:
What do you call two nuts on a wall?
Walnuts.
What do you call two nuts on a chest?
Chestnuts?
What do you call two islamic nuts on your chin?
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
You have never criticised muslums or islum once here Abdul Al Taqiyya — despite the endless rape and violence.
6 years ago
Reply to
IzlamIsTyranny
The endless rape and violence committed by the Jews?
I know, it’s terrible.
I don’t like ANY religion. I think they do far more bad than good and are a tool to enrich its members through theft and violence.
Like yours…
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
Projection is a common problem for muslums everywhere, but then again so is mendacity.
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
Israel not wanting to be annihilated is racist? …oh yeah how silly of me I forgot defense against disgusting palesWine or any other “state” is racist.
In any war against the savage and the civilized man,support the civilized man!
The real holy book plainly says anyone against Israel and it’s people will fall
6 years ago
Reply to
sorryNosuchThingasPalestine
If we try to control who can post comments,then we are no better than the fascists that “trumpblueme” supports….no one should condone censorship plus it’s adorable the troll thinks posting about “palestine” on every thread is going to somehow make supporters of Israel turncoats
6 years ago
Reply to
sorryNosuchThingasPalestine
Who are you to say which book is holy?
I recommend “Au Rebours” by Joris Karl Huysmans
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
Im surprised your recommendation, isn’t the little red book from Mao ruled China….and once again sorry but before 1920 there was no “palestine” twas all Israeli land as it had been for centuries..and all the lies in the world cannot change facts
6 years ago
Reply to
SorryNosuchThingasPalestine
More ignorance!
Do you work for Breitbart, Pamela Geller, and AIPAC?
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
Curious, how either the willfully blind or the legitimately ignorant, like to throw around the word ignorant. Such a shame that those who know better are berated to “shut up” simply because the truth offends such miscreants
6 years ago
Reply to
SorryNosuchThingasPalestine
The day truth comes out of your mouth, the diks will have to pull out first, oh hirsute one.
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
Oh joy, and now since you haven’t already valid argument the profanity (although, not grammatically correct) starts. Children often use profanity to imitate the adults in their lives…goodness what pretty talk. Do you kiss your mother with that trash mouth of yours?
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
As entertaining as this has been I believe that if I am not to stoop to your level and use profanity (even if it is misspelled.) I will end this conversation now with civility. I do not agree with the Palestinian lie. I do not agree with the indoctrination of little children to kill. I do not agree with grown adults asking their own children to fight their own fight. I do NOT agree with the way “Palestinians” use their own children as shields and sacrificial lambs…no “people” for lack of a better word who agree with that deserve statehood.
Good day
6 years ago
Reply to
sorryNosuchThingasPalestine
The grub can be effectively ‘blocked’ if no-one ever responds to it. The amount of response it is receiving feeds its twisted perverted mind – it gets off on it.
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump Blue Me
Which lies are you referring to? I was just asking questions. Can you please answer them? Instead of trolling people like a small child, let’s have a discussion. If I was wrong about anything do let me know, though I think we both know that I am not. You should stop trolling Jewish people by the way, or anyone else. It isn’t helping your case. Or are you just here to virtue signal and feel better about yourself? Are you capable of debate?
6 years ago
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Trump Blue Me
This is a poor excuse for not being able to defend your positions. You SJW’s despite your pathetic attempt to smear your opponents as such, are truly the closest thing to Nazi’s that we have. To dehumanize your opponents instead of debating them is a hallmark of fascists, who have never had answers. Only venom, hatred and pathetic trolling. I’ve seen what the people you enable do. I have smelled the burning corpses of their victims you twit. It’s something you can avoid ever having to deal with and yet you invite savagery into our country you do not understand. It’s not the enemy over there we have to deal with. It’s you. People like you are the reason little girls are dead in Manchester. Why corpses festooned the streets of Nice, and why many more will die. Because you are too stupid and narcissistic to see the danger that you morons are putting innocent people in. Just remember when the next attack occurs that you are responsible.
6 years ago
muslims are filth personified, despite that, non muslim nations, specifically Christian ones, will come to the rescue of muslims in any man made, usual sourced in islam, or natural disaster, always made worse by islam.
6 years ago
Well the way I see it is The Doctor is suffering from Gas delusion, And The Fast is causing It, He may want to consider who are what is behind Islam. Sick and disgusting Religion of Hate and not Peace. They can find no peace in it.
6 years ago
Reply to
Lori
Did you notice Muslims don’t want to take up sewage cleaning jobs . If Non-muslims disappear as result of killing, harrasing by “moderate” muslims then who will clean their sewage Lines ?
They will probably die of filth & diseases !
And did you know NATO Member, Turkey allows harvesting of organs from refugees http://tinyurl.com/mfpzzl8
And that includes killing children ! And even UN was aware of it for over 3 years but keeps blaming syrian govt !
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
They will die of their sick beliefs filth and death, killing themselves second by second what A life of misery! Being Ignorant and believing in A False Prophet that never will keep his promise to them.
6 years ago
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6 years ago
A Shitite cleric in Iran (Sistani?) stated that ALL kafir are najjis.
6 years ago
If a Jewish Dr. did this in Israel he would be treated as a Murderer.
6 years ago
Just remember you can trust your muslum doctor or medico. They only have your kafir best interests at heart…allahu ackbar!
6 years ago
Having worked with such I can assure you that probably >90% of muslim medicos place Muhammad before Hippocrates and if they do not (by refusing the usual imam request to be naughty for the sake of allah) they are soon pulled into line. There are the “faithful” who do so as it is an Islamic right, the “sensible” who see it as more gain, the “scared” who do so from fear of ostracism or worse and the “weak” who never even think about it. What is the west doing about this? Giving MORE places in medical faculties, to these cockroaches. This is NOT democracy!
6 years ago
I guess the Hippocratic “Do no harm” is not a part of Islamic health care.
The more I read about the proclivities practiced by the oh, so ‘tolerant’ Islamic ‘faith,’ the more I wish “We the People” would declare the Koran a Cult Manifesto of Death, WHICH IS WHAT IT IS, and as such, banish all that is Islam from our shores.
Time to adhere to President Trump’s missal: AMERICA FIRST! And ISLAM is NOT American by any stretch of the imagination.
A Founding Father of the highest caliber, Benjamin Franklin, declared Islam “A filthy religion.” This article amply proves his point.
6 years ago
They did not render medical treatment to a so called “filthy Christian” And is this how any human being belonging to the human race, should treat their fellow men? I think not. And God will judge this and similar actions.
The man who died was not a filthy Christian. He was a human being who trusted God, and at this moment he is with God, and God has not rejected him. He is clothed in brilliant robes. And God loves him.
6 years ago
RIP Irfan Masih. We all know you won’t be the last Christian to be killed by f’ing muslums in Pakistain.
6 years ago
The problem I see with any muslims is that none acknowledge that a problem exists with some in their religion suspiciously involved in denial of care to non-muslims and/or involved with terrorism. Now that is something that no other religion is associated with to any extent such that articles are written about it. It only makes sense though since the muslims involved in this sort of thing see no need to recognize any authority other than their religion even if it means death to non-muslims. These types of muslims are not just involved in the medical profession but in all walks of life. The muslims who may not be involved in this typically never admit to the problem and get offended. It would be much more evident that they were decent if they would come forward and admit the problem exists and even give information
about the deceivers in their ranks.
Consider the doctors among them performing genital mutilation among their own who have had to be exposed by undercover f.b.i. investigations. Muslims are not just a religion but an ideology that involves their faith with government such that it dictates what even doctors and others should do and many follow brainwashed and willing to perform evil. My suggestion has been and remains that all non-muslims beware of muslims as their faith allows them to lie without sin.
