Comment丨The child's hospitalization is limited to female parents, and the hospital's practice is too rigid

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2024-05-10 18:15Posted on the official account of Red Star News of Chengdu Business Daily, Sichuan

The escort work is very hard, and it is not easy for a family to spare one person to accompany the care, where can you think about it so much? 

Recently, a "regulation" of Beijing Children's Hospital has sparked heated public opinion. This stems from a problem encountered by Ms. Liu, a citizen: Ms. Liu had complications with her second child and needed to be hospitalized, and 3-year-old Dabao was infected with more serious pneumonia and also needed to be hospitalized. When the child waited for 4 days and finally waited for a bed, he was told by the hospital that he could only be accompanied by a female parent during the hospitalization, and the male parent could not accompany the bed. But Ms. Liu's family really can't find a matriarch who can accompany the bed, what should I do?

↑ Ms. Liu's child's hospitalization certificate

The reporter reported this problem to the Municipal Health Commission, and the staff said that since this regulation is an in-hospital regulation of the hospital, not a unified requirement of the Health Commission, the public can reflect the relevant demands to the city's public health service hotline 12320. Staff member 12320 said that feedback would be recorded. 

In desperation, Ms. Liu's family, who live in Changping District, can only be driven by the child's father for more than an hour each day to send the child to the hospital for infusion. 

So, is it really reasonable to limit inpatient escorts to women? Many netizens expressed their incomprehension, why can't Dad accompany him? What if it's a single-parent family with a dad with a child? Of course, some parents said that it is reasonable to allow only female parents to accompany them, for example, due to the number of bathrooms and other factors. 

Coincidentally, my child was also sick and hospitalized for a while some time ago. As a mother of children, I am of course involved in escorting, but I don't have much time to spend in the hospital due to work. In the end, most of the escort work is undertaken by the child's grandfather. Just think about it, if this hospital also doesn't allow male parents to accompany me, then I might have a breakdown. 

During my time with me, male parents often came and went in the hospital corridors and wards, but this did not bother me much. Comparing hearts to hearts, I fully understand that when a child is sick and hospitalized, the rest of the family must be anxious and even anxious, hoping that the child can recover soon, while the others are secondary. The escort work is very hard, and it is not easy for a family to spare one person to accompany the care, where can you think about it so much? 

Especially now, there are more and more families with multiple children, and when one or more children get sick, the adults at home are even more stretched thin. It is too inhumane to allow only female escorts and completely exclude male parents. Also in Beijing, the reporter consulted other general hospitals with children's wards, and the staff said that there were no regulations on the gender of the parents of the children. It can be seen that the gender of the accompanying parents is not restricted, and the hospitalization of the child is not affected at all. So, why does Beijing Children's Hospital adhere to this "regulation"? 

It is conceivable that there must be reasons for the hospital's rule that "inpatient escorts are limited to women", such as the "convenience" issue mentioned above. But these problems are not unsolvable. For example, bed curtains are generally installed in hospital wards, and when the wide curtains are pulled, a bed is a small world, which can better protect the privacy of patients and their families. For example, most of the corridors of the wards are equipped with surveillance, and the hospital security forces ensure the safety of patients and their families. 

In addition, the ward is a space that exists for treatment, and it is normal that people cannot be as comfortable as they are at home, and it is true that they will feel some inconvenience. Both medical staff and patients' families should be considerate and cooperative with each other, so as to facilitate the recovery of patients. Because the patient's right to health is more important than the right to privacy, the right to quiet, etc. Medical staff should put patients first, and hospital regulations should also be based on the interests of patients. Refusing to admit a patient simply because there is no female parent to accompany him or her is too rigid. 

Perhaps in the past, it was true that this hospital "never had a male parent to accompany it", but it was never necessarily right to do so, and the hospital should not have any concerns about choking on food and refuse the right of male parents to accompany them. What people want to see is that the hospital fully listens to the opinions of patients and families, continuously improves the relevant regulations, and shows more benevolence. What's more, this is still a children's hospital, and sick children need more warm care. Those rigid regulations not only hinder the treatment of children, but also may hurt their hearts, the hospital really bears it?

Red Star News Special Commentator Tutu Velvet

Edited by Wang Yintao

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