Indian doctor in Bahrain dismissed over anti-Palestine tweet

“It has come to our attention that Dr Sunil Rao, who is working as a Specialist in Internal Medicine, has posted tweets on social media that are offensive to our society,” said the hospital statement.

“We would like to confirm that his tweets and ideology are personal and do not reflect the opinion and values of the hospital,” it said.
The hospital said it has taken the necessary legal actions and his service has been terminated with immediate effect.

Similar instances of employment termination have been reported in the Gulf region mostly for utterances on social media on statements considered Islamophobic.

Dr Rao’s utterances came days after a major conflict erupted in the Middle East following the attack on Israel by Gaza-based Hamas militants.