Kerala: Group of medical students seek permission to wear hijab inside operation theatres

Hijjab controversy: Expressing concern over not being allowed to wear hijab inside operation theatres, a group of female Muslim MBBS students from the Government Medical College have sought permission to don long-sleeve scrub jackets and surgical hoods at the earliest. One of the woman of the group also wrote a letter to principal Dr Linnette J Morris on June 26, citing the matter.  The request letter was also signed by six other female medical students from different batches of the college.