In a shocking development, authorities at the Guru Govind Singh Government Hospital, Jamnagar, have stuck a sticker labeled ‘HIV+’ on the forehead of a 27-year-old pregnant woman.

Not only this, the hospital staff made the young woman paraded different wards of the hospital in front of her six-month-old daughter and mother-in-law on Saturday.

According to the reports, Dr. Nalini Anand, the head of gynaecology department, and Dr. Dipti Joshi examined the woman. After check-up, she was tested positive for the deadly HIV virus, and doctors advised her to abort the child.

Therefore, the woman visited the hospital on Saturday morning for the abortion (which was done).

The woman was asked to keep away from other patients and told the nurses regarding her health condition.

Dr. Anand and Dr. Joshi took the help of a nurse, Praffula Ramani, to stick a Band-Aid adhesive tape on the patient's forehead.

The tape had the words: 'HIV Sero Positive', written on it.

The young patient was then walked through different wards with the damning tape stuck to her forehead before being taken to the hospital's laboratory where she was asked to sit and wait.

After knowing the whole incident, the members of JDNP+ organized a protest against it, and immediately took up the matter with hospital superintendent Dr. Arun Vyas.

Now, the woman wants those responsible for embarrassing her to be penalized.

She said, “I am illiterate so I did not know what was written on my forehead but people started staring at me. They have insulted me and they should be suspended.”

As fuming human rights protesters staged a protest against the episode, the state Health Department asked Dr. Anand, Dr. Joshi and Nurse Ramani to proceed on leave till the enquiry is completed.

Mr. Jay Narayan Vyas Gujarat health minister said, “Both the doctors and the nurse involved have been asked to go on leave. Enquiry committee will submit report within three days. The action required will be taken to avoid recurring of such incidents.”

“We have given them time of two days. If those responsible are not suspended or transferred out of Jamnagar, we will sit on a fast at the hospital premises,” said NGO’s vice president, Devendra Bhanushali.

The burden is now on the administration to confirm its hospitals don't carry out insensitive discriminatory practices and to bring those guilty of humiliating this woman to task.