What is the ruling on someone who is prevented from government hospitals and made to go to private ones to be treated at his own expense?

The questioner : Some residents, if they are affiliated with the government, are treated, otherwise they go at their own expense?

The Shaykh : And what do you mean by residents? Do you mean non-nationals who are given priority over others for treatment, or not? This falls under his saying: . This is from *athar* (favoritism), where the need of one who has status is prioritized over others, even though they are equal in entitlement. And the doctor works in any case; he does not turn him away, because if he turned him away, he would not treat the other person.