A doctor told a woman from Somalia ” to go back to Africa and get help from a witch doctor"

Alert DateDecember 25, 2011 Country: Sweden Address: Borås General Type: Discrimination, Institutional discrimination, Equality/Integration Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Afrophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants, Ethnic minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Other

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Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Somali
Victims Gender Female
Victims Age 36-45
Victims Number 1
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Swedish
Perpetrator Gender N/A
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number 1
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

A woman from Somalia  was offended by a doctor in the City of Borås. The doctor told the woman ”go back to Africa and get help from a witch doctor for your pain in the legs."

The woman, considered the doctor's statements to be racist and degrading, and filed a complaint against the clinic with Sweden's Equality Ombudsman (DO). Tomas Flodin, the chair of the medical association's ethics committee for the Swedish Medical Association condemned the doctor's statements as "totally unacceptable".

Source: The Local, 2011-01-28, http://www.thelocal.se/31928/20110209/