The Ruling on a Doctor Examining a Woman

His Eminence the Shaykh: We are a group of doctors working in Riyadh, and we have shifts that include both male and female patients. Sometimes a female patient complains of a headache or stomach pain, and for the medical work to be complete, an examination must be performed and information gathered about the cause of the headache. It is required to examine the abdomen, head, or other areas so that the doctor does not bear responsibility. If no examination is performed, the patient may not be significantly harmed,Meaning: there is a possibility of avoiding it, but to fully assess the condition, an examination is required. The patient may be female and the doctor male. If he wants to avoid such a situation, is he permitted to do so, or is the public interest that he examine her?
It is obligatory for the hospital administration to pay attention to this and to arrange shifts between men and women, so that if female patients need treatment or examination, women are sent to them. If the administration does not fulfill this obligation and does not care; then you have no blame on you for examining women, but on the condition: that there is no seclusion with a non-mahram, and that there is a need for the examination. If there is no need and the detailed examination can be postponed until women are present, then postpone it. If it cannot be postponed, then this is a pressing need, and there is nothing wrong with it.