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19 March 2024

Doc insulted for refusing sick leave

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Two Emirati men screamed and swore at a doctor in Ras Al Khaimah after he refused to give sick leave to one of them claiming he had a fractured toe.

The doctor at Saqr Hospital assured the patient that he had no fracture and that scanning images showed only a small rupture.

But the patient said he did not believe the doctor and insisted on having sick leave, which the doctor refused to give.

"The two men then started to shout and swear at the doctor... we called the police to prevent a fight at hospital," the hospital's director Yousuf Al Tair said.

He told Emirat Alyoum daily that the incident was one of an average 15 cases a day involving people claiming they are ill to get sick leave.

"Most of these cases involve pregnant women requesting sick leave three months before delivery... they just claim they are not feeling well," he said.