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To: Enlightened1

How about including in that law, a ban on hospitals telling you what clergy can and cannot see a patient ??


5 posted on 02/02/2022 10:30:16 AM PST by George from New England
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To: George from New England

This is after a report that Advent Health in Florida was denying access to a family priest. ...

This is from the Director of Mission and Ministry. I am not sure where you heard differently but here is the policy.

And thank you for your question about clergy visitation, we want to make that as smooth as possible and serve the spiritual needs of our friends who need the hospital services. The short answer is that yes, with considerations, a community clergy person is welcome to visit a patient. From a religious perspective, our first priority as a chaplain department is to facilitate the patient’s own clergy or faith community representative visit when the patient or family requests, and with consultation about timing with the health care team. Our chaplain team visits or calls most new admissions and is available for support during the day, or on call at night when there is no one the patient or family prefers. For the local clergy who are visiting, now during Covid, there might be some extra infection control equipment required depending on the condition of the patient, but those are available in the hospital unit.

Sounds woke to me !


6 posted on 02/02/2022 10:37:31 AM PST by George from New England
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