A directive was sent to kupat cholim clinics to immediately halt gender separation in all clinics in chareidi areas. The order was signed by the deputy director general of the ministry’s unit supervising the nation’s HMOs. The Marker reports states the gender separated medical clinics are common in Yerushalayim and Beit Shemesh.
The ministry has learned that some clinics have separate entrances for males and females, separate waiting rooms, and at times separate hours. One clinic in Beit Shemesh was cited for having separate buildings for men and women.
The ministry explains in the directive that the gender separation is prohibited as it may result in discrimination against women and at times, even compromise treatment.
The ministry feels that if a 13 or 14-year-old boy wishes to be treated there are problems being escorted by his mother. This officials fear may delay treatment and since a minor must be accompanied by a parent and there must be a feeling of “equality” among persons seeking medical care.
For clinics insisting on separation, a special request will have to be filed with the HMO, which in turn will pass it to the attorney general. If such a permit is granted, it is likely to only be for a short time period.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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What about housing in hospitals (and BTW, in many countries they rely on a ward system, without gender segregation — even in the USA that is the norm in emergency rooms)?
Will they have the nerve to mandate compulsory vaccines, such as contraceptive shots (a five year contraceptive, effectively used elsewhere in reducing undesirable populations)?
Remember that in war the goal is to destroy the enemy, and the zionsts are at war with the frum Yidden.