Grand Master Melon
24th August 2010, 11:38 AM
By CHARLES WILSON, Associated Press Writer Charles Wilson, Associated Press Writer – Mon Aug 23, 2:59 pm ET
INDIANAPOLIS – Certified nursing assistant Brenda Chaney was on duty in an Indiana nursing home one day when she discovered a patient lying on the floor, unable to stand.
But Chaney couldn't help the woman up. She had to search for a white aide because the woman had left instructions that she did not want any black caregivers. And the nursing home insisted it was legally bound to honor the request.
The episode, which led to a recent federal court ruling that Chaney's civil rights had been violated, has brought to light a little known consequence of the patients' rights movement that swept the nation's health care system over the last two decades.
rest of the story here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100823/ap_on_he_me/us_patient_prejudice)
This is ridiculous. While I think it's stupid that someone wouldn't want a black person to pick them up or change their diaper I think it's equally stupid that somehow this lady's civil rights were violated. Who in their right mind would sue over the fact that some old racist doesn't want to be touched by them. Hell, if anything if I were that black lady I would have sat there mocking the fallen person. This kind of nonsense is just one more thing that's wrong with this country.
INDIANAPOLIS – Certified nursing assistant Brenda Chaney was on duty in an Indiana nursing home one day when she discovered a patient lying on the floor, unable to stand.
But Chaney couldn't help the woman up. She had to search for a white aide because the woman had left instructions that she did not want any black caregivers. And the nursing home insisted it was legally bound to honor the request.
The episode, which led to a recent federal court ruling that Chaney's civil rights had been violated, has brought to light a little known consequence of the patients' rights movement that swept the nation's health care system over the last two decades.
rest of the story here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100823/ap_on_he_me/us_patient_prejudice)
This is ridiculous. While I think it's stupid that someone wouldn't want a black person to pick them up or change their diaper I think it's equally stupid that somehow this lady's civil rights were violated. Who in their right mind would sue over the fact that some old racist doesn't want to be touched by them. Hell, if anything if I were that black lady I would have sat there mocking the fallen person. This kind of nonsense is just one more thing that's wrong with this country.