Originally posted by pie:
In this morning's Straits Times:
[b]Talking about God in schools, hospitals
The nurse could not stop talking about her faith, even as she was
inserting a needle into her elderly patient's arm.
A routine blood test at Tan Tock Seng Hospital turned out ot be a
lesson in evangelical Christianity for Associate Professor Wong
Weng Fai, 41, a computer science lecturer, and his 66-year-old
mother, a dementai sufferer.
According to Prof Wong, a National University of Singapore
lecturer, in the testing room, they were greeted by two nurses
listening to Christian worship songs on a CD player. As one of them
drew blood from his mother, she began evangelising.
He recounted: "She asked my mother in Cantonese, 'Auntie, do you
believe in Jesus?'
"My mum was saying, 'No, no, I'm Buddhist.' But the nurse
continued, 'You should go to church because it'll be good for
you.'"
Prof Wong felt offended. "They're preyingon the weaknesses of old
folks, especially when they are sick and down."
A TTSH spokesman said the hospital is unaware of the incident and
that it "regularly reminds our doctors and care providers that
proselytisation is not allowed".
The issue of promoting one's faith in public institutions has been
in the news lately with letters in the Forum page touching on the
subject.
How sidespread is the practice? should government doctors, teachers
and bosses who are in positions of authority and trust be allowed
to preach to their charges?
The official answer is no. But in practice, the issues are not so
clear-cut, as Insight finds out.
I don't think this is uncommon? I've had relatives telling me of
similar experiences in hospitals, why do they keep doing this?
And the culprits are
*usually* Christians...[/b]
why these nurse like tat one ? dun respect other ppl religion
