<p> Dubai: A 50-year-old Indian internal medicine specialist has been dismissed from his job in Bahrain over an anti-Palestine post, his employer in the Gulf country has said.</p>.<p> The Royal Bahrain Hospital in a statement on Friday described Dr. Sunil Rao’s post, which he had subsequently deleted, as a violation of the hospital’s code of conduct.</p>.<p> “It has come to our attention that Dr Sunil Rao, who is working as a Specialist in Internal Medicine, has posted tweets on social media that are offensive to our society,” said the hospital statement.</p>.<p> “We would like to confirm that his tweets and ideology are personal and do not reflect the opinion and values of the hospital,” it said.</p>.VHP, Bajrang Dal protest in Mumbai condemning Hamas attack on Israel.<p> The hospital said it has taken the necessary legal actions and his service has been terminated with immediate effect.</p>.<p> Similar instances of employment termination have been reported in the Gulf region mostly for utterances on social media on statements considered Islamophobic.</p>.<p> Dr Rao’s utterances came days after a major conflict erupted in the Middle East following the attack on Israel by Gaza-based Hamas militants. </p>
<p> Dubai: A 50-year-old Indian internal medicine specialist has been dismissed from his job in Bahrain over an anti-Palestine post, his employer in the Gulf country has said.</p>.<p> The Royal Bahrain Hospital in a statement on Friday described Dr. Sunil Rao’s post, which he had subsequently deleted, as a violation of the hospital’s code of conduct.</p>.<p> “It has come to our attention that Dr Sunil Rao, who is working as a Specialist in Internal Medicine, has posted tweets on social media that are offensive to our society,” said the hospital statement.</p>.<p> “We would like to confirm that his tweets and ideology are personal and do not reflect the opinion and values of the hospital,” it said.</p>.VHP, Bajrang Dal protest in Mumbai condemning Hamas attack on Israel.<p> The hospital said it has taken the necessary legal actions and his service has been terminated with immediate effect.</p>.<p> Similar instances of employment termination have been reported in the Gulf region mostly for utterances on social media on statements considered Islamophobic.</p>.<p> Dr Rao’s utterances came days after a major conflict erupted in the Middle East following the attack on Israel by Gaza-based Hamas militants. </p>