Swedish doctor tries to talk patients into being Catholic

Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

A Swedish doctor has been accused of denying one of his patients antibiotics when he refused to join the Catholic Church.

The doctor was forced to leave his job as a locum at a practice run by the local authority in southern Sweden, Region Skåne.

Bosses at the GP surgery reported him after it emerged he had filled his room with religious symbols, music stands and hymn books.

He was also accused of having tried to talk his patients into joining the Catholic Church – denying one antibiotics when the notion was refused.

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