{"id":2094,"date":"2013-08-17T00:47:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T18:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartabangla.com\/english\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2013-08-17T00:47:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T18:47:53","slug":"discrimination-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/discrimination-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"A Real story of a victim of discrimination in Dubai (United Arab Emirates)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHARANJEET SINGH ::<\/strong> Let me introduce first. My name is CHARANJEET SINGH, an Indian national and a former resident and an Ex-Banker in Dubai.<br \/>\nYear 2003 to 2006 I was working in India in a <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"2388cae3-3864-4382-8de0-5736ba4140b0\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"48f6ab6a-739a-4553-b67d-f1ae63d7f83f\">multi national<\/span><\/span> bank. And since April 2006 to October 2011 working in U.A.E without any issue in my health..<br \/>\n3rd March 2013 I came back to Dubai and joined a new job in a law firm in D.I.F.C. (Dubai International Financial Centre)<br \/>\nOn 4th March 2013, <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"103bcb25-806d-493a-ad24-b52b76efb487\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"6f24ce49-2692-416f-b4d3-1e3f1b5f71a2\">i<\/span><\/span> went for medical test at D.I.F.C.<br \/>\n18 days <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"80c9a2f6-eabd-4b07-b08f-4db0c92c1a2e\">later i.e.<\/span> <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"576507d8-9951-4699-a4dd-28098ad2c0a9\">on<\/span> 22nd March 2013 at <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"b2e68175-2cea-4521-8dfb-55f36439987e\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"6455542c-f1d1-4c60-b4f1-69697412bb18\">al Muhaisna medical centre<\/span><\/span> that comes under D.H.A (Dubai Health Authority) suspected that <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"154477a2-960a-47fb-9836-6e4e0ea8bb2e\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"00708056-9158-47bc-9900-9f71a3ea6738\">i<\/span><\/span> have old T.B and I was deported immediately. Countless others are getting deported just due to a scar in their lungs;<br \/>\nNeither I, while working and staying in my home country or Dubai, nor my parents had any kind of T.B infection in their lifetime.<br \/>\nTo prove myself I have already done <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"96d41789-dbef-40dd-a141-05a26cb25a37\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"61e6d792-eacf-4f73-8f4f-e7a8cc189331\">skin test<\/span><\/span> (Mantoux) twice and both times it was Negative. First time <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"65951bb1-e975-4871-80c0-b94bb15afa2f\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"8451b148-eafc-4a47-9b78-32d35d2d5dcb\">at<\/span><\/span> Dubai when <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"f48d6024-0a6e-4503-8c9a-ccb5f4c138ed\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"3be3dc1c-1006-4977-a823-0ef6a847e94e\">i<\/span><\/span> noticed <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"fb90e72b-f4b9-40dd-9fee-c592d1abbe05\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"32014874-884e-4c60-a991-7b9b70ee0244\">nurse<\/span><\/span> writing on my card as negative, U.A.E did not issue me any report so that I can prove you my test reports nor they give it to anyone from any country and second time at A.I.I.M.S.<br \/>\nI went to A.I.I.M.S (All India Institute of Medical Sciences<span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"498d81bf-6e96-459f-9716-c7cfa8600e95\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"60453e0a-37e7-4575-9125-11db3e8b0594\">)<\/span><\/span>hospital <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"f4a5a24c-8a60-43f9-a62a-9bcd8517f652\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"27a98523-d458-448e-8d12-9b6b6029aaeb\">at<\/span><\/span> New Delhi and done all my checkups i.e. Skin test (Mantoux), Chest x-ray, Blood test, 3 times Sputum test and a Chest C.T scan too on special advise by <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"c0f2800c-102d-4a99-861f-0af8bfd75954\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"0885d001-cf37-4115-a5a0-6fc591296f13\">senior doctor<\/span><\/span> to have a close look at the scar.<br \/>\nBased on my test reports, A.I.I.M.S issued me the Certificate stating that I do not have any active T.B. Senior doctors (A.I.I.M.S) asked me why did they deported you when there is no sign of T.B in our body??<br \/>\nD.H.A does guess work on T.B on the basis of mere <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"1fd3c8e0-5b57-405b-afc9-46a36b0ce4af\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"7fde9488-65d9-4311-a9fe-eb1c7640bfeb\">x.<\/span><\/span>ray film. Telling you the fact as it is!<br \/>\nI really felt humiliation from U.A.E and felt depressed about this brutal and outdated law of deporting the patients just like a prisoner after he completes his punishment. I never expected this kind of behavior from U.A.E as happened with me.<br \/>\nD.H.A was not ready to give me anything about my sickness in written! Why it was concealed from me??? What does this reflect?<br \/>\nPresent circumstances <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"8e27f714-4747-41d7-9cb7-cb8012f92759\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"8403c311-c3a7-4f48-8d8e-36fa1489316b\">reminds<\/span><\/span> me the malpractice of <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"e1c3f714-94f9-4279-9da9-ac64986ec799\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"18919200-5fa2-492a-be6f-45cff3ae47f2\">untouchability<\/span><\/span> existed five decades ago, <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"eb3f8847-83ed-488b-ab7e-3ad584694d23\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"cc696049-cb5b-4fc7-ba21-17c974bd6e2d\">where in<\/span><\/span> an individual was deliberately excluded from social interaction permanently.<br \/>\nIf U.A.E health authorities are really scared from <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"ebdef48b-028f-4026-bf9d-11da81dd5872\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"a59c9b0f-24f1-4fa0-892d-7bff2330d644\">heart<\/span><\/span> to help these patients, at least they should not treat them like prisoners, deporting them back to their home country with permanent ban to enter U.A.E just because of a small suspected scar.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/discrimination.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2095\" alt=\"discrimination\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/discrimination-300x210.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>This is the beginning of discrimination by gulf countries with expatriates excluding Arabs from gulf regions and <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"568180be-1d8c-4f52-a010-8dd9d797cc1f\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"18134249-858f-4507-8896-7a06e5b57f04\">i<\/span><\/span> am sure the situation is going to be worse very soon if changes are not brought to their laws. I believe and I know it is discrimination!!!<br \/>\nHow about D.H.A staff? Will be they be deported permanently if they are infected with active T.B??<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/news\/uae-news\/health\/deportation-laws-reform-lies-dormant International institutions <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"31bf7768-4d6c-4557-a1b1-3b76239821ce\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"cd6c6008-3454-4d53-9db9-1d6ed9b12269\">says<\/span><\/span> this is absolute discrimination and it is <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"33ef2ba0-cef6-440b-ae10-f705b549fb50\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"cef9fbd8-c967-4f02-b816-f1d3afdf2242\">major issue<\/span><\/span> of Human rights.<br \/>\nAssuming the current scenario in the future, <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"1930dfa1-aa06-4b60-bc18-6e24b5567986\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"c8dd3824-3227-4b82-95cb-5f41aed2dc6e\">i<\/span><\/span> will never suggest 53% Indians of UAE&#8217;s total population to work and visit U.A.E whether they provide double pay of what <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"d3747a37-bd84-44f6-98e4-c9cd2b31e3b2\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"94dd5459-f4b3-4844-9342-e769bb7d9bd1\">your<\/span><\/span> are getting in your home country.<br \/>\nFinally, they will be the culprit if they still go and get deported in case they are sick with any kind of scar in their chest in the mid of their growing career just and just because of U.A.E&#8217;s adamant laws.<br \/>\nThese harmless scars may come on anyone&#8217;s body will leave a huge impact on their career just and just because of U.A.E outdated laws. Today it&#8217;s my turn; tomorrow could be the ignoring readers from different countries.<br \/>\nMy dear brothers and sisters, I have lost a lot because of their law, I wish from my core &#8211; no one should face the same in their life without any reason!!<br \/>\nI request U.A.E to remove the sickness from U.A.E instead of removing sick.<br \/>\nYour support will be highly appreciated to write something for this moral cause!<br \/>\n(Charanjeet Singh)<br \/>\nEmail: singh.charanjeet@rocketmail.com<br \/>\nMob: +91 9560728263<br \/>\nNew Delhi [India]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARANJEET SINGH :: Let me introduce first. My name is CHARANJEET SINGH, an Indian national and a former resident and an Ex-Banker in Dubai. Year 2003 to 2006 I was working in India in a multi national bank. And since April 2006 to October 2011 working in U.A.E without any issue in my health.. 3rd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8],"tags":[64,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-2094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-feature","7":"category-health","8":"tag-a-real-story-of-a-victim-of-discrimination-in-dubai","9":"tag-discrimination-in-dubai","10":"tag-discrimination-in-dubai-united-arab-emirates","11":"tag-discrimination-in-united-arab-emirates"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}