Chechen patients denied treatment in Ossetian hospitalsTimur Aliyev, North Caucasus - After the tragic events in Beslan, public opinion in North Ossetia about Chechens has become clearly negative. In particular, Ossetian hospitals refuse to accept patients of Chechen nationality.
"In the diagnostic family planning center in Vladikavkaz (the North Ossetian capital) where I went for outpatient treatment, they refused to treat me. Dr. Gutsayeva, in referring to some ruling they received, said they can no longer treat anyone from our republic," said Satsita Isayeva, editor of Chechen newspaper Golos Chechenskoi republiky.
"When I asked why, I was told it was because of the events in Beslan," Isayeva added.
Ibragim Zubairayev, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Rights of Citizens of the Chechen Republic, stated that a Chechen had asked them to move his sick relative from the Vladikavkaz hospital to Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. "The patient needed a dialysis machine, but the Ossetians refused to provide it," he said.
Many people, therefore, have decided against going to Ossetia for treatment. Such as Sveta, an Ingush woman who fears for her daughter’s safety. "My daughter needs a medical checkup by a commission in Vladikavkaz, but I'm not letting her go there. They might inject her with some poisonous substance." (E/T)
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