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Doctors punished for mistreatment of disabled patient after Meydan TV coverage

Doctors in Mingachevir City Hospital were punished by the Azerbaijani Management Union of Medical Territorial Units (TƏBİB) after their mistreatment of a disabled individual came to light.

On 4 June, journalist Aynur Elgunesh travelled to Mingachevir to obtain the paperwork she needs to renew her driver’s license. However, she was discriminated against because of her disability.

Elgunesh detailed the humiliation she endured until the hospital staff became aware she was a journalist, with one doctor mockingly saying, “How can you even drive with that foot?”, and asking her, “Go home, you’re useless. Should I write on the document that you are useless?”

According to the results of the investigation into the mistreatment of Aynur Elgunesh at Mingachevir City Central Hospital, TƏBİB announced that the hospital’s chief physician Eldar Karimov, traumatologist Javid Ismayilov and surgeon Tofig Balakishiyev had been disciplined and reprimanded.