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UK: Hospitals to Deny Crap Care to "Racist" or "Homophobic" Patients
2020-02-19
[SummitNews] Under new rules set to take effect in April.

"Currently, staff can refuse to treat non-critical patients who are verbally aggressive or physically violent towards them," reports Sky News. "But these protections will extend to any harassment, bullying or discrimination, including homophobic, sexist or racist remarks."

What is determined to be "racist" or "homophobic" is anyone's guess, since many elderly patients will be totally unfamiliar with modern politically correct speech codes and could be deemed to have behaved in a racist or homophobic way even if they didn't maliciously intend to.

Important to emphasize that these changes are coming in under a supposedly "conservative" government. Don't get sick in the UK if you've ever posted "Grooming gang" statistics.
Posted by:Woodrow

#5  Don't get sick in the UK if you've ever posted "Grooming gang" statistics.

Says it all, really.
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-02-19 11:14  

#4  The Powerful elite will still get the best service and the poor will die in the gutters... How is Socialismâ„¢ different from any other autocracy?
Posted by: magpie   2020-02-19 10:39  

#3  If your medical staff doesn't like you for any reason, you could be accused of "harassment, bullying or discrimination, including homophobic, sexist or racist remarks." That's the danger of not having a 1st amendment or ignoring the one you have.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-02-19 09:57  

#2  Death panels. Racism panels. Bread lines. That's what you get when you ration a limited resource by something other than price.
Posted by: mossomo   2020-02-19 09:14  

#1  You do need to be sensitive towards your Paki doctors' feelings. Your stool softener may have serious side effects.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-02-19 08:47  

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