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abdulhakeem
01-07-05, 05:40 AM
John Carvel
Thursday June 30, 2005
The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/)
Hospitals should provide a new range of sterile headwear to allow doctors to observe religious traditions without risking the spread of MRSA and other infections, the BMA decided yesterday.
They should include "theatre hijabs" made from material that could be easily sterilised, allowing Muslim women doctors to cover their faces during an operation and discard the garment afterwards. Sterile turbans and headwear suitable for the followers of other religious faiths should also be available, the association's conference in Manchester said.
Sabrina Talukdar, 21, a medical student at St Andrews University, said some Muslim women experienced problems when observing or assisting in surgery and had been told to remove their hijabs, even if they had put on a clean one.
"The 'theatre hijab' would simply be a square piece of sterile theatre cloth, secured with pins, which can be worn in conjunction with a surgical mask for those only wanting to expose their eyes."
The conference also called on the media to stop giving the public unrealistic expectations of doctors' ability to bring patients back to life, raised by TV dramas such as Casualty and ER.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1517539,00.html
abdulhakeem
01-07-05, 05:41 AM
Dress code deters muslim medics
Last Updated: Wednesday, 29 June, 2005, 13:20 GMT 14:20 UK
By Nick Triggle
BBC News health reporter in Manchester
Hospitals should allow Muslim women to wear a "theatre hijaab" in surgical environments, doctors have heard.
Sabrina Talukdar, a medical student at the University of St Andrews, said many hospitals asked women to take the traditional head clothing off.
She said this failure to respect culutural values was discouraging women from entering the medical profession. Doctors at the British Medical Association conference in Manchester overwhelmingly supported her proposal.
Ms Talukdar said the motion would help people from other faiths wear religious clothing.
She said there was no standard practice in the UK at the moment, and she had heard of some hospitals insisting staff take hijaabs off, while others allowed them to cover it with surgical head gear.
Outside the hospital theatre, NHS staff are free to wear religious clothing.
Ms Talukdar, 25, said the hijaab would be made from sterile material so it was completely risk-free to the patient.
"We are very aware that MRSA and infection is a concern. We do not want to put patients at risk."
But she said the measure was necessary as some women were being put off medicine because of the issue.
"I think some in the medical profession get put off by this, and I can certainly see it stopping some from entering medicine.
She also suggested screens be put up to shield Muslim women when they wash before an operation.
"It is about making people feel more comfortable. Such straightforward innovations would do wonders for the morale of staff and students."
And she added. "But it is not just about Muslim women, people of all faiths are affected, I think this will apply to them."
The motion passed by doctors said the NHS and medical schools should accommodate religious practices of staff and students as long as patient care was not compromised.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4634351.stm
Assalammualaikum,
SubhanAllah.
O Allah SWT, please increase the zeal of those who support the need of the hijaab and all it entails.
Ameen.
Wa'alaikumsalam.
:salams
This is good news. Previously the sisters would wear the theatre caps over their hijabs [or at least the ones I know did that]. The other problems sisters have is scrubbing - they should tell the male doctors to leave the scrubbing room before revealing their arms. May Allah make it easy for them.
My cousine has been wearing the hijab and assisting the surgeons in Manchester hospital, i dont know why there is a problem in wearing it. It seems rediculus to say and there is no evidance at all that wearing hijab leads to the spread of MRSA.
My cousine has been wearing the hijab and assisting the surgeons in Manchester hospital, i dont know why there is a problem in wearing it. It seems rediculus to say and there is no evidance at all that wearing hijab leads to the spread of MRSA.
well if you wear you hijaab outside and around the hospital..there is a risk as with any item of clothing..with surgery obviously they wear sterile clothes...but if your wearing the same hijaab you've been wearing all day there is a slight risk of spread of infection
i once had to sit in on surgery...and has to wear scrubs... they were okay with me wearing my hijaab under the cap..but said i couldn't wear my long sleeved tshirt..or borrow a surgeons gown (cos i wear jilbaab so obviously didn't wanna be wearing the trousers) but they said no :( so i couldn't sit in
i know a few sis's who do medicine...mostly they don't have any problems and have an understanding with the staff..but some sis's do face problems...one sis i know took of her hijaab cos the supervising nurse said she wasnt allowed to wear it :(
well if you wear you hijaab outside and around the hospital..there is a risk as with any item of clothing..with surgery obviously they wear sterile clothes...but if your wearing the same hijaab you've been wearing all day there is a slight risk of spread of infection
i once had to sit in on surgery...and has to wear scrubs... they were okay with me wearing my hijaab under the cap..but said i couldn't wear my long sleeved tshirt..or borrow a surgeons gown (cos i wear jilbaab so obviously didn't wanna be wearing the trousers) but they said no :( so i couldn't sit in
i know a few sis's who do medicine...mostly they don't have any problems and have an understanding with the staff..but some sis's do face problems...one sis i know took of her hijaab cos the supervising nurse said she wasnt allowed to wear it :(
One of the few reasons why you should consider private practice. You dont have to work in surgery coz you study medicine, there are other comfortable choices.
One of the few reasons why you should consider private practice. You dont have to work in surgery coz you study medicine, there are other comfortable choices.
yeh thats true...but when studying to become doctors the sisters have to do surgical rounds or whatever they're called
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