Comments on: Eu – not – my – mom http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/03/eu-%e2%80%93-not-%e2%80%93-my-mom/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:57:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dawn Farmer http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/03/eu-%e2%80%93-not-%e2%80%93-my-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-61758 Dawn Farmer Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7428#comment-61758 Elana - thank you for offering your experiences in Dublin's National Maternity Hospital. It would add an awful layer to the story to find this practice targeting by economic status. Elaine - you bet! Long memories... :) Elana – thank you for offering your experiences in Dublin’s National Maternity Hospital. It would add an awful layer to the story to find this practice targeting by economic status.

Elaine – you bet! Long memories… :)

]]> By: elaine http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/03/eu-%e2%80%93-not-%e2%80%93-my-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-61750 elaine Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:26:13 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7428#comment-61750 My memory is long too. Wonder if that is a women thing... My memory is long too. Wonder if that is a women thing…

]]> By: Elana http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/03/eu-%e2%80%93-not-%e2%80%93-my-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-61728 Elana Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:52:59 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7428#comment-61728 This is a horrible invasion of privacy. They're so strict on the ward (no children who aren't family members, only certain times for visiting, no sitting on the beds...), and they allow these people in!? I understand that it's hard to get money to do things, esp these days. But when a maternity hosp has to resort to making cash from marketing execs, you wonder where your money is going. I've had both my sons in Dublin's National Maternity Hospital, and I don't remember the reps coming through. It might be because I was in the private room (there's only about 12 in this wing, most of the other rooms are at least a 4 bed ward). Maybe they avoid the people who are paying for their room? This is a horrible invasion of privacy. They’re so strict on the ward (no children who aren’t family members, only certain times for visiting, no sitting on the beds…), and they allow these people in!?

I understand that it’s hard to get money to do things, esp these days. But when a maternity hosp has to resort to making cash from marketing execs, you wonder where your money is going.

I’ve had both my sons in Dublin’s National Maternity Hospital, and I don’t remember the reps coming through. It might be because I was in the private room (there’s only about 12 in this wing, most of the other rooms are at least a 4 bed ward). Maybe they avoid the people who are paying for their room?

]]> By: Dawn Farmer http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/03/eu-%e2%80%93-not-%e2%80%93-my-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-61712 Dawn Farmer Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:04:25 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7428#comment-61712 JThompson - the childbirth process is a very vulnerable one - you check your knickers at the front door and find yourself exposed in a physical, spiritual and mental sense. It is especially hard to fathom that the hospital has traded away your protection for six euros. Male or female - a vulnerable population deserves better. Thank you for your thoughts. JThompson – the childbirth process is a very vulnerable one – you check your knickers at the front door and find yourself exposed in a physical, spiritual and mental sense. It is especially hard to fathom that the hospital has traded away your protection for six euros.

Male or female – a vulnerable population deserves better.

Thank you for your thoughts.

]]> By: JThompson http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/03/eu-%e2%80%93-not-%e2%80%93-my-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-61685 JThompson Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:52:42 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7428#comment-61685 It sounds like a horrible violation of privacy and trust on the part of the hospital. Of course, since it's only women involved, I doubt it'll create much outrage. If it were men being pestered while they still had a catheter in or were just being wheeled out of a lower GI, I imagine people would be furious about it. Actually I bet the hospital wouldn't even dare to try it. It sounds like a horrible violation of privacy and trust on the part of the hospital.
Of course, since it’s only women involved, I doubt it’ll create much outrage.
If it were men being pestered while they still had a catheter in or were just being wheeled out of a lower GI, I imagine people would be furious about it. Actually I bet the hospital wouldn’t even dare to try it.

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