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Mixed Sex Wards
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6639617.stm
hmmmm anyone notice it that much? Maybe I haven't been in hospital for a long enough stay for it to be a problem...
hmmmm anyone notice it that much? Maybe I haven't been in hospital for a long enough stay for it to be a problem...
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How ? I doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman who sees ya giblets or overhears about your piles, it's still embarassing.
Personally it wouldn't bother me either way. I'm in hospital to get better not complain that i only want men to see me cock. Mind you, that being said...............
Or, um, should be?
It is pretty bad that wards exist at all. There should be rooms for no more than 4 people at the worst.
But to have mixed sex wards is appalling. Whatever happened to Blair's promise to get rid of them?
Ironically, whenever my mum goes into hospital, she get's put on the mens ward (i.e. the one that deals specifically with men's issues) because that's the ward she works on, and she likes seeing her friends.
I wouldnt see it as much of an issue tho, if men were down one side and women down the other.
I dont think I have seen a mixed ward - either visiting or being a patient, hence me initially seeing no problem.
But in agreement with RS' post (well parts of it ) you go to hospital to get better, not cause a fuss as to what type of ward it is. I think we firstly need to deal with cleanliness issues and superbugs before we moan about who is in the next bed.
Would you take it, or not?
For me, I guess, the whole issue is about perspectives and needs. When I am in hospital I want treating by the best people on the best ward and I really couldn't give a shit who is in the next bed.
In fact, let me take it further. Are you happy for six beds to be empty just because there are no women waiting to fill them?
Real life.
It all boil downs to money. Build new hospitals that have no wards, only rooms, and close or refurbish the old ones.
But that costs money. And there are elections and newspapers to consider.
men with gynaecological problems?
Im sure there are religious and cultural reasons for wanting seperate sex wards but then again Im sure there are plenty of people for whom it is not an issue.
At the end of the day the NHS has a limited budget and saving lives is always going to come first.
Electorally it's a vote winner - new hospital. Well in most cases, sadly many people are emotionally attached to their old run down shit tip, but hey what do people know
Seriously you would have to build hundreds of hospitals and they don't come cheap - although usually cheaper than refurbishing them.
And you have to ask, is it really necessary? Mixed wards are not as important as the actual treatment given and I defy you to give me an argument would differs from that. Fiscally therefore you have to ask where should our taxes go, on buildings which will be out of date soon anyway, or on treating people even if it's on a mixed ward?
What's appalling about it?
For everyone else, they are a source of discomfort and distress- which incidentally works against their getting cured.
Who's gonna pay for it? You, me? I hope not, my taxes are high enough as they are especially when you consider a member of the opposite sex being in a bed across the room from you isn't really a big deal if you're busy sleeping/eating/recovering.
- Trident replacement budget could pay for it- 20 times over
- Iraq war budget could pay for it- 2-3 times over
- an extra 10% tax on amounts over 100k would pay for it
- closing loopholes that allow the likes of Rupert Murdoch to cheat the country out billions of Pounds of tax every single year would pay for it
There are many ways to pay for it that would not cost an extra penny to ordinary people.
Actually, it can be quite unsettling for patients. My mother was in hospital recently and there was a guy in a bed opposite that kept swearing generally and also getting aggressive with the nurses ...
Why should it cost that much more anyway? All you do is divide the wards into male and female.
Except that you now need to have two orthopaedic wards, with relevant trained nurses, also two surgery wards, two general medical wards etc
Besr in mind that you may have beds empty on one of those wards because it's women who are admitted and not men, whilst at the same time you no longer have enough female-only beds for the same reason...
If it was that easy, don't you think that the NHS would be all single sex wards?
reading this i would think not
are you speaking from experience there?
When Dad was in intensive care (with a colostomy bag and t'other one) there was also a woman in there, and he was more bothered by the fact that she was crying out a lot in obvious pain than the fact she was a woman. Whether or not it'd bother me would depend on the problem and the company I guess.