http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/22961/IT-S-NHS-BEDLAM/
“IT’S NHS BEDLAM”
4th December 2007 By Jerry Lawton
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “OVERWORKED nurses have been ordered to stop their work five times a day – and move Muslim patients’ beds to face towards Mecca.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The changes have been introduced by Dewsbury and District Hospital’s chief matron Catherine Briggs.
She said: “Some of our former Muslim patients suggested that a more informed understanding of the Islamic cultures would help staff to further improve their service. We always do our best to listen to our patients and are willing to adapt our nursing practices where possible to help patients uphold their cultural beliefs.””
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “And Philip Davies, Tory MP for Shipley, West Yorks, and anti-political correctness campaigner and added: “I’m sure nurses and medical staff have got far better things to do with their time than constantly move beds around so patients are facing the right way.
“This seems a totally unnecessary burden to their workload.””
Note: Photo included.
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/12/20071203-7.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 3, 2007
“President Bush Meets with U.S.-Palestinian Public-Private Partnership”
Roosevelt Room
2:25 P.M. EST
“IT’S NHS BEDLAM”
Thanks for this article. I just emailed it to some of my nurses. Can’t wait to see what they have to say.
PC run amuck, again, sigh.