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Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry the MoH, stated that he did not witness discrimination in the treatment of patients by doctors. 362 751. The doctor referred to in paragraphs 743 and 744 denied the allegations either that he mishandled the patients or that he ordered their transfer to BDF hospital. A resident dentist stated that he worked under the authority of this doctor and that the doctor never asked him not to treat a particular patient and that he never saw him discriminate against any patients. 363 An SMC surgeon gave a statement to similar effect. He further stated that he saw this doctor treat a Bahraini police officer of Syrian descent. Another doctor stated that he received a call from the parents of the police officer, at which point he went to see him in the Emergency Section and reviewed the related medical reports. The doctor stated that the police officer’s health was stable and he told him that his parents had been asking about him. 364 752. A resident trainee doctor at SMC stated that she did not witness any discrimination against patients. 365 She stated that protesters were extremely angry at the expatriates brought in on 13 March 2011 because expatriates were attacking protesters and perhaps working for the national security forces. The doctors were trying to protect the wounded expatriates and keep the protesters away from them. There is a video of an injured person of Asian background with a head wound being brought into SMC on 13 March, which shows him being treated by medical personnel. 366 753. According to the statement submitted to the Commission by the accused medical personnel: On 13 March 2011, all patients who came to A&E were treated by the doctors present regardless of their sect or nationality. This is witnessed by doctors involved in the treatment as well as staff nurses present at the hospital on that day. We would also like to bring to the attention of the Commission the testimony before the court of [the Head of the Emergency Section] delivered while under the oath. [It is important] to note that [the Head of the Emergency Section] was called as a prosecution [witness]. 367 754. The Head of the Emergency Section testified that on that day 16 expatriates were transferred from SMC to BDF hospital to receive the necessary treatment and that none of these individuals were held at SMC against their will. In addition, there was one expatriate who had suffered a fracture of the right shoulder and was operated upon by one of the accused doctors and another doctor. 362 Interview with the Commission, 30 July 2011. 363 Minutes of court hearing on 7 September 2011in Case No. 191 of 2011 (Defence witness statements). 364 Minutes of court hearing on 7 September 2011 in Case No. 191 of 2011 (Defence witness statements). 365 Statement provided to the Commission, 10 August 2011. 366 YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1NiB2MR57c accessed 4 November 2011. 367 Email sent to the Commission on 13 September 2011 (original English text). 192
Chapter V — Events at Salmaniya Medical Complex 755. The Head of Nursing at one SMC ward stated that she was with one of the accused doctors on 14 March 2011 when he treated two naturalised Bahrainis, and that one of them required an operation but the patient’s father did not agree to have the operation performed. 368 756. The GoB has suggested that the overall drop in the number of patients treated at SMC during February and March 2011 indicates that discrimination occurred at SMC. It is claimed that this proves that patients were too afraid to attend SMC due to the events occurring there. The Head of the Emergency Section at SMC stated that the number of individuals admitted daily dropped from approximately 1000 to approximately 400 during the events, showing that the events were preventing or scaring patients from reaching SMC. 369 He further stated that people were afraid of entering the hospital, even in the regular and outpatient clinics. An X-ray specialist stated that while nobody was denied treatment by doctors, many Sunnis were afraid to come to SMC due to the protests in the car park. 370 757. The accused medical personnel have a different interpretation of the drop in the number of admissions. One SMC doctor, who was also a Defence witness, stated that patient numbers dropped during the period in question because minor injuries were no longer accepted. 371 758. One accused doctor presented a file to the Commission that includes a copy of a memorandum sent by her and the Chairman of Surgery on 20 February 2011 requesting the official reduction of inpatient major and minor elective cases in order to make more beds available for any emergencies. 372 The memorandum was also sent to the Chief of Staff. 759. One of the accused doctors submitted a written statement in which he stated: [T]he number of patients during the February-March period was comparatively less compared to previous months but this is selfexplanatory in view of what the country went through during that period. For example, 1580 373 surgeries were performed during the month of February 2011, which is comparative to the number of surgeries performed in February 2010; which is equal to 1808. On the contrary 1169 surgeries were performed in March 2011, while 2245 surgeries were performed in March 2010. 374 760. He also stated that with the exception of 14, 17 and 18 February and 13-16 March 2011, when work was partially disrupted due to the events: 368 Minutes of court hearing of 7 September 2011 in Case No. 191 of 2011 (Defence witness statements). 369 Interview with the Commission, 30 July 2011. 370 Interview with the Commission, 30 July 2011. 371 Minutes of court hearing on 7 September 2011 in Case No. 191 of 2011 (Defence witness statements). 372 Witness statement provided to the Commission, 4 August 2011. 373 See also file presented to the Commission by SMC entitled “Salmaniya Medical Complex Statistics between 14 February and 22 March 2011”. 374 Statement provided to the Commission, 10 September 2011. 193
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