I was visiting the eye department of the Helsinki Hospital (HUS) for an eye examination.
I kindly asked the nurse if we can speak English. She immediately showed me that she was not happy with this and she said “If you cannot speak Finnish, you can go back to your country.”.
I stayed silent and calm because I had to get the eye examination done. It was a very uncomfortable 30 minutes. I tried to talk as little as possible and I was afraid that she would make other racist comments.
I felt very sad.
I reported this incidence to HUS but I did not hear back.