Badgaiyan also asserts in the suit that Mushrush has prevented him from advancing through training, seeing his performance evaluations, receiving a diploma with his peers, finalizing a fellowship and being certified by the state medical licensing board. The complaint says that Badgaiyan was not alone in noticing the discrimination.
“Other medical professionals of Indian and South Asian extraction...also recounted to Dr. Badgaiyan their own observations of negative remarks concerning South Asians as well,” the complaint says.
Mushrush did not respond to requests for comment.
A hospital spokeswoman said she couldn’t comment on pending litigation.
—Staff writer Stephen M. Marks can be reached at marks@fas.harvard.edu.
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