THE Muslim community has objected to the Department of Health’s new policy preventing nurses from wearing headscarves during working hours.
According to the health department, a virtual meeting held in March to which the public was not invited, had resolved, among others, that headscarves would not be allowed on duty. It was also resolved that moustaches and beards should be neatly trimmed. A circular was later sent out informing nurses of the policy.
The Islamic Medical