‘Patient’s Safety, Sterile Environment Trump All’: Doctors Say No to Hijab in Operation Theatres

On June 26, the principal of Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College, Dr Linet Morris, received a rather unusual request from seven medical students who submitted a letter seeking permission to wear long-sleeve scrub jackets and Hijab-like surgical hoods inside the operating theatreOn June 26, the principal of Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College, Dr Linet Morris, received a rather unusual request from seven medical students who submitted a letter seeking permission to wear long-sleeve scrub jackets and Hijab-like surgical hoods inside the operating theatre