" Carry on Praying " starring nurse Caroline Petrie
February 8, 2009 at 4:46 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2009 at 4:48 pm by bozo.)
The Daily Mail, one of the very worst right-wing rags in the UK press, ran a story last week to champion the cause of " devout christian " nurse Caroline Petrie.
Said nurse had been suspended by her employer, the North Somerset Primary Care Trust for breaching her professional code of conduct, specifically that part that relates to equality and diversity.
Not for the first time, this nurse was caught pushing her faith onto the patients in her care.
She was reported for asking an elderly patient if she, the patient, wanted her to pray for her. The patient declined the offer, but the nurse indicated she was going to offer prayers anyway, because she always does!
The patient in question quite rightly pointed out that such an offer might panic a patient into thinking his/her condition was so bad that only divine intervention might save him/her.
The Daily Mail, true to its reactionary agenda, was in outrage and filled its pages lambasting the employer and defending the nurse ( including Mary Poppins-stlye photos of the sweet angel ).
The Mail's tactics have paid off, it seems, as the employer has retreated and asked the nurse to return to work, albeit they reitterate that she should keep her faith separate from her profession.
Nurse Petrie, however, is quoted as saying that she intends carrying on praying for her patients, claiming that she shouldn't have to choose between her faith and her profession. She also claims prayer works, quoting the case of a woman patient whose urine infection cleared up days after she prayed for her!!!!!
Such women are dangerous, in my view, and should not be allowed anywhere near " normal " patients.
What do you think?
Said nurse had been suspended by her employer, the North Somerset Primary Care Trust for breaching her professional code of conduct, specifically that part that relates to equality and diversity.
Not for the first time, this nurse was caught pushing her faith onto the patients in her care.
She was reported for asking an elderly patient if she, the patient, wanted her to pray for her. The patient declined the offer, but the nurse indicated she was going to offer prayers anyway, because she always does!
The patient in question quite rightly pointed out that such an offer might panic a patient into thinking his/her condition was so bad that only divine intervention might save him/her.
The Daily Mail, true to its reactionary agenda, was in outrage and filled its pages lambasting the employer and defending the nurse ( including Mary Poppins-stlye photos of the sweet angel ).
The Mail's tactics have paid off, it seems, as the employer has retreated and asked the nurse to return to work, albeit they reitterate that she should keep her faith separate from her profession.
Nurse Petrie, however, is quoted as saying that she intends carrying on praying for her patients, claiming that she shouldn't have to choose between her faith and her profession. She also claims prayer works, quoting the case of a woman patient whose urine infection cleared up days after she prayed for her!!!!!
Such women are dangerous, in my view, and should not be allowed anywhere near " normal " patients.
What do you think?
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
