3 Cities Fighting Hygiene Battle With Muslim Hospital Workers

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[Sub-Driver]

3 Cities Fighting Hygiene Battle With Muslim Hospital Workers

Thursday , February 28, 2008

Muslim medical workers in three major English cities are balking at hospital hygiene rules such as rolling up their sleeves when they scrub for surgery, according to The Daily Mail.

Health officials have been ready to wash their hands of the dispute, but at least one hospital is bending to the requests.

Female med students and staff at hospitals in at least a trio of large British cities — Liverpool, Leicester and Sheffield — have continued to flat-out refuse to comply with regulations aimed at fending off germs and infections, the Mail reported, with some saying they'd rather quit than expose their arms.

The workers object on the grounds that showing their forearms is immodest for women who practice Islam and against their religion. Hygiene gurus insist that no exceptions should be made for religious or other reasons.

But Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool said that though there are certain non-negotiable rules, it is attempting to work with Muslim students to find a solution.

"We specify bare below elbows, no wrist watches, nail varnish or false nails in clinical areas," Steve Ryan, Alder Hey's medical director, told the Mail. "Good hand hygiene is one of the most important and simplest actions we can take to prevent health care-associated infections."

[tcw_laj4ALL]

What’s next? Are the flight instuctors going to allow Muslim students to fly even though they refuse to learn how to land the aircraft?

This doesn’t fly with me, folks. Either comply or you’re out the door— no exceptions, even for stubborn annoying Muslims! (Not all Muslims are stubborn and annoying, mind you. Many of them are pleasant, however these are the ones who have tried to integrate into the rest of civilized society, doing “as the Romans do” and living peaceably.

[Dionysius]

There was a recent story about how the hospital death rate in the UK is 29% higher than other EU members. Now I know why.

[Chickensoup]

This doesn’t fly with me, folks. Either comply or you’re out the door— no exceptions, even for stubborn annoying Muslims! (Not all Muslims are stubborn and annoying, mind you. Many of them are pleasant, however these are the ones who have tried to integrate into the rest of civilized society, doing “as the Romans do” and living peaceably.

this is the entitled bullying that leftist claptrap engenders. Muzzies know how to use PC against the PC.

[tcw_laj4ALL]

“Dunkirk war veteran killed by superbug in ‘dirty’ NHS hospital A Second World War veteran who survived the Dunkirk evacuation died after contracting a superbug at a NHS hospital following a routine operation.”

http://tinyurl.com/33n9hg

This is exactly what kind of hospital care we would have HERE if Hillary or Barack were president and had their way with healthcare. It’s health-uncare and it’s sickening and disgraceful. This World War II veteran deserved better. When any liberal says that we need universal healthcare, point out this story to them.

[Centurion2000]

with some saying they'd rather quit than expose their arms.

So they can quit and go practice medicine in the Middle East ... oh wait, they are slaves there.

[listenhillary]

The common practice among the Mohammedan's and nearly every eastern person was to wipe themselves with their left hands, using sand or dirt whenever possible.

We'll hope they've finally accepted toilet paper? Next we get them to wash properly before performing surgery? Please?

[truemiester]

In the middle east surgeons and nurses roll up there sleeves and do a proper 2 minute scrub. These folks are making an issue for the sake of making an issue. They would do it in there own country but not in England?

[neverdem]

thanks, bfl

[LSUfan]

Muslims lived in the West relatively seamlessly for decades without these issues coming up. Now they come up all the time as Islamists try to force sharia on the West. This all started when the Islamists—especially the Wahhabis—started to take over the mosques in recent years...