WUNRN
IRAN - SINGLE-GENDER HOSPITALS
COMING TO IRAN PROVINCES
Marzieh
Vahid Dastjerdi
10/28/2011 - Iranian Health
Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi has declared that every Iranian province must
establish at least one single-gender hospital.
ISNA reports that Dastjerdi said: “Many provinces and universities have
begun establishing women-only hospitals, and those which have not begun work on
it are required to establish at least one single-gender hospital soon.”
She added that “making female patients comfortable” is the main goal of
single-gender hospitals, where all medical personnel are female.
Dastjerdi said: “Fortunately, already three hospitals in
Islamic Republic authorities have become increasingly strict in their
enforcement of a division of public services based on gender and social
morality regulation. The trend began after the country faced widespread
protests in 2009 following the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Single-gendered hospitals, universities and even daycares are among the
initiatives taken in the past year.