Hospital shaving elderly Sikh patient without consent ‘cannot happen again’: WSO

Hospital shaving elderly Sikh patient without consent ‘cannot happen again’: WSO

An Ontario hospital network is investigating an incident from last month in which an older Sikh patient’s beard was shaved off without his consent, a move that has been condemned by the Sikh community as a severe breach of religious rights. As the investigation unfolds, Balpreet Singh, legal counsel and spokesperson for the World Sikh … Read more