Muslim Woman Sues NJ Hospital For Discrimination

WTVO News yesterday reported on a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by a New Jersey woman against the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville (NJ). Rona Mohammedi, a Muslim, came to the medical center in February with severe chest pains. When she was told she would need an electrocardiogram, for religious modesty requirements she asked for a woman to perform the test. Mohammedi claims that instead of treating her, the hospital left her in the Emergency Room for five hours until her husband requested a transfer. Hospital lawyers say Mohammedi left the facility against medical advice.