‘Unfairly treated’ Asian doctors to sue

A group of Asian doctors, enticed to Ireland as part of a high-profile and expensive recruitment campaign, is suing the HSE, the Department of Health, and the Medical Council for unlawful treatment.

The doctors wrote to the HSE, the department, and the council last month claiming that “discrimination and unlawful treatment has been an ongoing pattern” since they came to work in Ireland in 2011.

Dr Imran Habib, a spokesperson for 260 doctors from India and Pakistan, said they had filed the lawsuit because they felt badly treated. They are being represented by Dublin legal firm Hayes Solicitors.