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BOYS WITH VAGINAS CAUSE WILD CONFUSION IN U.S. EMERGENCY ROOMS
Doctor: 'A staff member lets out a surprised gasp as a patient undresses for a physical exam'
America’s emergency rooms are struggling with a serious problem: That male patient they believed was a Mark when he checked in at the front desk?
Well, he’s actually a Marsha.
And doctors simply aren’t prepared to deal with the confusion that comes with gender surprises, an emergency physician revealed in a New York Times column published Thursday.
“Sometimes the patient is registered as the wrong gender immediately from triage, resulting in a strained communication from the get-go,” writes emergency-room Dr. Helen Ouyang in her column, “A transgender learning gap in the emergency room.”
When ER staff members become confused about a patient’s gender, they don’t know whether to call the person a “he” or “she,” Ouyang writes.
“Other times, a staff member lets out a surprised gasp as a patient undresses for a physical exam,” she said. “Then there are moments when providers call a patient a ‘he/she’ or ‘they’ on rounds.”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2017/04/boys-with-vaginas-cause-wild-confusion-in-u-s-emergency-rooms/#xGsBhmfCqy1Move7.99
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