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September 01, 2004
Good Idea
Thank you, Muslim women! And I mean that most sincerely.
Seven years later, Maine Medical Center is doing just that, after discovering that a number of Muslim women were skipping appointments rather than expose their skin to a doctor. The hospital is offering all patients a two-piece alternative to the traditional short gown. It cloaks patients from neck to feet, in accordance with Muslim standards of modesty and the desire of many other patients to cover up in the hospital.....
Patients are now given the option to wear a longer, roomier top piece that provides ample back coverage. The new part of the design is a floor-length sarong that patients tie around their waists beneath the gown. The hospital's seamstress has made about 75 of various vibrant colors and prints, some with purple and white flowers, others with what appears to be rainbow streaks of paint. Some of these bottom pieces, which resemble large bedsheets, are in maroon and green prints more appropriate for men. They have been available for about four weeks.
I really hope the use of these becomes widespread. One of the things I hate most about a visit to the doctor or hospital is I invariably end up with my bare ass showing to just about everyone there......for no reason other than a doctor's 'convenience'. And this new gown seems like a reasonable compromise.
Good job, ladies.
Posted by Rita at September 1, 2004 06:59 AM