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-Great Cultural Revolution
Medical center warns it may deny care to patients making ‘offensive comments' about race, gender of staff
2024-01-20
Blue state nonsense, though they’re completely blowing out of the water that First do no harm thingy. I seem to recall it was a Massachusetts hospital that disagreed with a child’s diagnosis and treatment not long ago, getting the local courts to allow them to lock her away from her parents for child abuse for a year or more.
[NYPost] Milford Regional Medical Center’s announcement about rules for its “inclusive environment” caused a recent stir with a warning to potential patients that they must follow a specific code of conduct to access their services.

Dr. Peter Smulowitz, chief medical officer at the Massachusetts Medical Center, released a now-unlisted video on the hospital’s official YouTube channel Jan. 3 explaining how not just staff, but patients themselves, are held accountable for causing offense, ranging from rhetoric to a hostile tone of voice.

“Everyone should expect a safe, caring and inclusive environment in all our spaces,” Smulowitz said. “Our patient and visitor code of conduct helps us meet this goal. Words or actions that are disrespectful, racist, discriminatory, hostile or harassing are not welcome and will not be tolerated.”

He specified that some examples of unacceptable conduct would be “offensive comments about others’ race, ethnicity, accent, religion, gender, sexual orientation or other personal traits; refusal to see a clinician or other staff member based on these personal traits; aggressive or intimidating behavior, physical or verbal threats and assaults; sexual or vulgar words or actions; and disrupting another patient’s care or experience.”

Smulowitz warned that “body language and tone of voice are also important parts of communication.”

The doctor said, however, people would be given a chance to explain themselves should they be accused of such conduct.

“Some violations of this [c]ode may lead to patients being asked to make other plans for their care. For serious or repeated violations, future non-emergency care and visitation rights at Milford Regional may require review, though we expect this to be rare,” the entry on the website read.
Posted by:Skidmark

#4  Don't bitch about your Paki doctor.
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-01-20 13:05  

#3  ^ Really does depend on the foreign language.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-01-20 12:23  

#2  Learn to speak a foreign language and claim you were welcomed to America by Biden. We'll see where you are on the 'victim' hierarchy ladder.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-01-20 12:14  

#1  Unless they’re about Jews, Whites, straight, Christians, conservatives, rural, Bible readers ,Bass Pro Shop customers etc. etc.
But other than that…yeah.
Posted by: Warthog   2024-01-20 10:19  

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