Two Women Denied Entry at Mumbai Hospital over Burqa

Cooper Hospital guard asks visitor to remove burqa; gets notice

Dean says there was a miscommunication; women only required to show face for identification

Mumbai hospital holds sensitisation workshop for staff after complaint of religious discrimination

Cooper Hospital held staff sensitisation workshops after a viral burqa removal incident raised religious bias concerns; security guard issued show-cause notice.

Remove your burqa to get in: Cooper Hospital staff tells women

Mumbai: Two Muslim women, one holding a baby in her hand, were disallowed from entering Mumbai’s Cooper Hospital allegedly for wearing a burqa and hijab. The incident reportedly took place near the maternity ward. The two women who had come to meet a relative requested the female security personnel to allow them inside, but in vain. The security personnel insisted they remove their burqas; only then would they be allowed. The incident was record…

Two women denied entry at Mumbai hospital over burqa

A video that went viral on social media shows two women wearing burqas being allegedly stopped from entering the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run Cooper Hospital in the