Mum s refusal to allow Alder Hey hospital to test child for covid meant surgery delayed
Staff at Alder Hey were following national rules designed to prevent the spread of infection
11:41, 14 APR 2021
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Alder Hey Children s Hospital (Image: Liverpool Echo)
A mum refused to allow Alder Hey Children s Hospital staff to test her child for covid - delaying a surgical procedure. The incident occurred during the second wave of the pandemic, and the patient is now set to have the operation at a later date. According to national NHS guidance, all new patients admitted to hospital are required to be tested for covid in a bid to stem the spread of infection.
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This could be happening in nearly any city in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada or New Zealand. Let’s just use Melbourne as a test case.
The North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network is currently running a campaign, #SpeakingUpSpeaksVolumes, which advises schools to avoid words like “mum”, “dad”, “boyfriend” and “girlfriend” to help to lower the suicide rates of LGBTQI+ young people. It also wants to bring in unisex bathrooms, non-gendered playing teams and rainbow flags to be more inclusive and make gender non-conforming young people more comfortable.
The key word here is “suicide”. The campaign’s website cites surveys which claim that “LGBTIQ+ people aged 16-27 are 5 times more likely to attempt suicide” and “Transgender people aged 18 and over are nearly 11 times more likely”.
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