https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/giving-doctors-orders/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/giving-doctors-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-167204 Isegoria Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:04:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24496#comment-167204 I suppose we can take solace in the fact that there are probably very few fundamentalist Islamic female nurses.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/giving-doctors-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-166323 Herman Benschop Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:14:37 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24496#comment-166323 Ah, yes [the British National health system] did initiate [a “bare below the elbow” dress] code, but Islamic female nurses are exempt from these rules because their religion forbids them showing their underarms. The fact that people are dying because of poor hygiene is less important than the religious feelings of these fanatics. But we already knew that, didn’t we?

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