Michigan Hospital Admits Considering Swastika-Tattooed Man’s Request For No Black Nurses

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13. Remember the guy who punched out the nurse for trying to remove his wife's burqa for a C-section?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002161797

Eek!

And this was a female nurse examining his wife!

I've heard anecdotal stories of the strictly religious who won't let an opposite sex healthcare worker examine them but it would be interesting to see if hospitals routinely accommodate that kind of nonsense.

Gah! If your Orthodox Jewish husband goes into the ER with appendicitis and the only ER doc is a woman do they refuse to be seen? And do hospitals make it a practice to allow that kind of behavior?

You'd think the hospitals wouldn't allow it. I'm guessing that in some instances it would jeopardize patient care if they had to routinely shuffle medical staff instead of allowing them to triage/care take as necessary regardless.