Mangaluru: Health worker's family alleges discrimination

Mangaluru: The family of a health worker from Shirthadi has filed a complaint alleging that they are facing discrimination from local residents.

The husband of the health worker in an email complaint sent to Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh alleged that local residents are threatening those who are supplying essential commodities to them after their house was sealed.

The complainant read, “I have been residing in Shirthadi with my two children and wife. My wife is a staff nurse at Wenlock Hospital and she tested positive for Covid-19 recently, along with my son. We are quarantined at home.”

“Asha workers and doctors have been visiting us to enquire on our health. However, our house is yet to be sanitized. A few in our locality are threatening those who are supplying essential commodities to us. As a result, none of them is supplying us with essential commodities including milk. We are undergoing mental torture.”

the complainant furter urged the district administration to take necessary action against those who indulge in such activities.