NEW DELHI: Netizens and political workers outraged on Wednesday over reports of a hospital in Ahmedabad segregating patients on the basis of their religion.The report, which saw many express shock, also triggered comments that people, not coronavirus , were being discriminatory. Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani said the matter must be “looked into urgently” by the Gujarat government. “This is absolutely shocking if it is true! Hospital in Ahmedabad separating wards based on religion? What is the basis for this, what scientific reasons are there except discrimination?”, Mevani said, tagging Gujarat health minister Nitin Patel Former CPM MP MB Rajesh also expressed shock over the segregation in a hospital. “This is shocking! Communal virus is deadlier than corona. Take immediate action against responsible,” he said on Twitter Congress MP Manickam Tagore also condemned the virus being given a “communal colour”. “In the middle of a pandemic, BJP is giving a communal colour to the virus and segregating the indisposed on the basis of their religion. At a time the World is coming together to strengthen Science to fight #COVID19 BJP is busy spreading hate. History will remember this too!”, he said on Twitter.The health department of the Gujarat government, however, refuted claims that patients were being segregated on communal basis. The health department on Wednesday clarified that patients were being put in different wards on the basis of symptoms and their severity and on the basis of doctors’ advice.