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| Wounded Libians flown to Denmark show their gratitute. lob racist slurs and riot. |
| 2011-11-26 |
| Racism and demands for special treatment greet staff at Odense University Hospital These are some of the wounded 15th November arrived in Denmark, which now make trouble at the hospital in Odense. - How would a wounded Dane man feel about 'country' on a stranger hospital? I understand that these problems arise, says senior consultant Niels Dieter Rock from Odense University Hospital. Oxygen cylinders and a lit cigarette is not the world's best presentation. But smoking is just one of the requirements that a group of wounded Libyans places during their stay at Odense University Hospital. Since the wounded were flown to Denmark 15 November, the hospital's doctors and nurses also had to contend with racist remarks and demands for special treatment of the injured. According Ekatrabladet information will men for example have a female interpreter. The problems were so severe that hospital management has asked the Libyan authorities to send people to the hospital to solve problems -- and it has helped. - We have said that we would have someone to come and talk properly with them and explain how the terms are in Denmark, explains chief executive Niels Dieter Rock Extra Bladet. He stresses, however, that he understands that the problems arose. - When you are brought from a war zone and nestled in one of the defense aircraft and ends at a Danish hospital, where we have a completely different culture, so it may not surprise some that we have some problems. He confirms that smoking in the rooms has been a topic. More here in Danish |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 people are always amazed and appalled when outsiders neither respect nor appreciate their contrived local rules Now & then native Americans of different tribal backgrounds will start to argue among themselves about their taboos & customs. Hilarity does not ensue. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-11-26 10:05 |
| #2 You have to wonder how much of this is arrogant Libyan, and how much is a reasonable rejection of Danish P.C. in their face. P.C. people are always amazed and appalled when outsiders neither respect nor appreciate their contrived local rules. This has given me great glee in past. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-11-26 08:58 |
| #1 The smoking zone for wounded Libyans is, as one might guess, back in Libya, and the sooner the better. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-11-26 08:02 |