No lectures on alcohol and sex diseases for us - SGClub Forums

**uyen** · 31-10-2007, 10:29 AM

Some Muslim trainee docs in UK say:
No lectures on alcohol and sex diseases for us

WE won't attend lectures on alcohol-related diseases. And no classes on sexually-transmitted illnesses for us either. So say some Muslim trainee doctors in the UK.

They say these topics offend their religious beliefs, reported London's Sunday Times earlier this month.

A small number of Muslim medical students have even refused to treat patients of the opposite sex.

One male student would rather fail his exams than examine a female patient.

Dr Shazia Ovaisi said of her classmate: 'He was academically gifted... (but) during the final exams, he was supposed to treat a female patient in hospital. He refused to do it, even though it would have been a very basic examination, nothing intrusive.

'As a result, he failed. I was quite disappointed because I don't see anything in our religion that prohibits us from examining male and female patients.'

Both the Muslim Council of Britain and Muslim Doctors and Dentist Association said they were aware of students opting out but did not support them, reported the Evening Standard.

This incident will intensify the debate sparked earlier by the revelation that Sainsbury's supermarket permits Muslim cashiers to refuse to handle alcohol purchases.

source: http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/st...46334,00.html?

**urawks** · 31-10-2007, 01:28 PM

can like tat ah..but the reglion oso nvr say cannot treat the opposite sex..

**sgelite** · 31-10-2007, 01:34 PM

This is the very kind of thing that is not acceptable about the muslim religion. (No offence if you are a muslim reader here.) They just don't know that they are opening their own pandora box. Just imagine a doctor refusing to treat a patient of the opposite sex. Why choose to be a doctor then in the first place?:handsup:

**Voodoo Vince** · 03-11-2007, 03:14 AM

Give up on them. Most of them will stay at home.

**RedParis** · 03-11-2007, 03:25 AM

think they mus be more open bah... no offence... but... nowadays chinese (infact chinese did hav tis taboo of certain stuffs) hubby oso go in the labour with the wife to witness the birth of the child liao ma.. infact many race oso does that.. ya thou its their wives but then... some may be very (pang dang)...

As a doctor in the first place, their main motto shld be saving lifes. If u r a doctor, u refuse to save a female in live danger jus bcos of religion, u r defeating the reason of being a doctoe already. e.g. if u r a doc on plane, u see tis lady in life danger (be it, water bag burst wanna gif birth, heart attack or even asthmatic problem... etc), u could not do anything jus bcos of ur religion?

sorry, no offence again, i believe no religion teaches ppl to 解剖尸体. But being a doctor requires u to do it for study.... if u could do it, y cant u jus see a female patient??

**KongMing** · 03-11-2007, 10:33 AM

They can attend lessons like this.

**genzo2106** · 03-11-2007, 11:04 AM

Common...those lectures are thought with respect to their profession. If they think that it contravenes their religion and not attend, then how are they going to carry out good diagnosis in future??