[Rhodes22-list] Melting Pot - Another Success Story, Or Not!

[elle]

As one who has observed firsthand the painful and
deadly effects of MRSA and Clostridium difficile, this
ABSOLUTELY takes the cake.

The ARROGANCE.

I'd better stop now before I let loose with what I
REALLY think.

elle
--- Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:

> Thank you, Brad!
> 
> Once again, Islamic fundamentalists are trying to
> take us back 
> to the 18th century or before.  This is not to be
> tolerated. 
> 
> Bacteria, viruses, and parasites do not know about
> sharia law.
> They also don't care.  Neither do I.  After this
> juicy tidbit
> of news, I'll be even more careful in any hospital. 
> We also 
> have cases in this country of hospital staff
> "interpreting" 
> orders concerning disease control.
> 
> /Robert
>
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> Brad Haslett wrote:
> > 
> > Keep your eyes on Great Britain and Europe if you
> want to see what the
> > future looks like.  PC and multi-culturalism is
> really working, isn't it?
> > 
> > Brad
> > 
> > --------------------
> > 
> >   Female Muslim medics 'disobey hygiene rules'
> > By Julie Henry and Laura Donnelly
> > Last Updated: 1:51am GMT 04/02/2008
> > 
> > Muslim medical students are refusing to obey
> hygiene rules brought in to
> > stop the spread of deadly superbugs, because they
> say it is against their
> > religion.
> > 
> > Women training in several hospitals in England
> have raised objections to
> > removing their arm coverings in theatre and to
> rolling up their sleeves when
> > washing their hands, because it is regarded as
> immodest in Islam.
> > 
> > Universities and NHS trusts fear many more will
> refuse to co-operate with
> > new Department of Health guidance, introduced this
> month, which stipulates
> > that all doctors must be "bare below the elbow".
> > 
> > The measure is deemed necessary to stop the spread
> of infections such as
> > MRSA and Clostridium difficile, which have killed
> hundreds.
> > 
> > Minutes of a clinical academics' meeting at
> Liverpool University revealed
> > that female Muslim students at Alder Hey
> children's hospital had objected to
> > rolling up their sleeves to wear gowns.
> > 
> > Similar concerns have been raised at Leicester
> University. Minutes from a
> > medical school committee said that "a number of
> Muslim females had
> > difficulty in complying with the procedures to
> roll up sleeves to the elbow
> > for appropriate handwashing".
> > 
> > Sheffield University also reported a case of a
> Muslim medic who refused to
> > "scrub" as this left her forearms exposed.
> > 
> > Documents from Birmingham University reveal that
> some students would prefer
> > to quit the course rather than expose their arms,
> and warn that it could
> > leave trusts open to legal action.
> > 
> > Hygiene experts said last night that no exceptions
> should be made on
> > religious grounds.
> > 
> > Dr Mark Enright, professor of microbiology at
> Imperial College London, said:
> > "To wash your hands properly, and reduce the risks
> of MRSA and C.difficile,
> > you have to be able to wash the whole area around
> the wrist.
> > 
> > "I don't think it would be right to make an
> exemption for people on any
> > grounds. The policy of bare below the elbows has
> to be applied universally."
> > 
> > Dr Charles Tannock, a Conservative MEP and former
> hospital consultant, said:
> > "These students are being trained using taxpayers'
> money and they have a
> > duty of care to their patients not to put their
> health at risk.
> > 
> > "Perhaps these women should not be choosing
> medicine as a career if they
> > feel unable to abide by the guidelines that
> everyone else has to follow."
> > 
> > But the Islamic Medical Association insisted that
> covering all the body in
> > public, except the face and hands, was a basic
> tenet of Islam.
> > 
> > "No practising Muslim woman - doctor, medical
> student, nurse or patient -
> > should be forced to bare her arms below the
> elbow," it said.
> > 
> > Dr Majid Katme, the association spokesman, said:
> "Exposed arms can pick up
> > germs and there is a lot of evidence to suggest
> skin is safer to the patient
> > if covered. One idea might be to produce long,
> sterile, disposable gloves
> > which go up to the elbows."
> > 
> > I
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> -- 
> Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
> Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
> s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."
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