A Muslim prescription?
I read this recently, in the Pioneer newspaper of Delhi, and felt that too much is being done by the 'deranged' Muslims to harm their own creed! Since I do not hold a personal grudge against all Muslims, and I also hold IT against the one's on the lunatic fringes; in my wish list remains a desire of a sane crowd- we did have an example in Mustafa Kemal-Ata-Turk(even if his effort to modernise Islam is rubbished by some by naming it 'political') of Turkey- to strongly emerge from with in the Shia or Sunni or both or, from with in all sects of Islam, to collectively put a ban on all these deranged desires that make a parody of Muslims! ?
Does medical treatment have anything to do with the patient's faith? Should health facilities be 'faith based'?
Most people might not agree but professor Aziz Sheikh of Edinburgh University wants health services for the 18 lakh Muslim community in the UK to take account of their religious beliefs.
He has written an article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) calling forsensitising of medical facilities towards Muslims in Britain's National Health Service (NHS).
For one, Prof Sheikh has called for male circumcision to be made available throughout NHS. Health services, he says, should advise Muslim patients whether the drugs given to them are derived from alcohol or pigs. Alternative medicines should be made available to them.
The professor wants prayer and ablution facilities for staff as well as patients and Muslim chaplains to provide spiritual care. There should be woman doctors for Muslim women and Muslims should be given health advice before going for Haj, he demands.
Sheikh proposes that the first step towards better facilities would be to record a patient's religion and not just his ethnic background.
The proposals come at a time when NHS is facing a financial crunch and fighting to reduce waiting time for patients.
The BMJ contrasts his opinion with those of Prof Aneez Esmail of Manchester University. Prof Esmail says in another article that it would not be practical to meet demands based on religious identities as it would risk being stigmatised.
He warns that some faith groups might support practices which may be unacceptable to the majority such as female circumcision and the refusal to accept blood transfusions. For him, "the way forward is not a crude categorisation of people into even more tightly defined groups."
And By the way, how about applying Shariah upon all Muslims across the globe in return to all above? How about stoning to death; chopping the limbs; gouging out the eye....etc.etc.?
Trust me, no one will accept it...and even if it is accepted, it can not be implimented. There is no way to implement a 1400 year old rule book, made to meet the socio-political needs of the Arab tribals of the middle eastern deserts, on the world of TODAY !
SHYAM
Does medical treatment have anything to do with the patient's faith? Should health facilities be 'faith based'?
Most people might not agree but professor Aziz Sheikh of Edinburgh University wants health services for the 18 lakh Muslim community in the UK to take account of their religious beliefs.
He has written an article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) calling forsensitising of medical facilities towards Muslims in Britain's National Health Service (NHS).
For one, Prof Sheikh has called for male circumcision to be made available throughout NHS. Health services, he says, should advise Muslim patients whether the drugs given to them are derived from alcohol or pigs. Alternative medicines should be made available to them.
The professor wants prayer and ablution facilities for staff as well as patients and Muslim chaplains to provide spiritual care. There should be woman doctors for Muslim women and Muslims should be given health advice before going for Haj, he demands.
Sheikh proposes that the first step towards better facilities would be to record a patient's religion and not just his ethnic background.
The proposals come at a time when NHS is facing a financial crunch and fighting to reduce waiting time for patients.
The BMJ contrasts his opinion with those of Prof Aneez Esmail of Manchester University. Prof Esmail says in another article that it would not be practical to meet demands based on religious identities as it would risk being stigmatised.
He warns that some faith groups might support practices which may be unacceptable to the majority such as female circumcision and the refusal to accept blood transfusions. For him, "the way forward is not a crude categorisation of people into even more tightly defined groups."
And By the way, how about applying Shariah upon all Muslims across the globe in return to all above? How about stoning to death; chopping the limbs; gouging out the eye....etc.etc.?
Trust me, no one will accept it...and even if it is accepted, it can not be implimented. There is no way to implement a 1400 year old rule book, made to meet the socio-political needs of the Arab tribals of the middle eastern deserts, on the world of TODAY !
SHYAM
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