My OperaCapital and Coast District Health Board is sexist. No gastric bypasses for men.
Friday, September 25, 2009 11:25:45 PM
Capital and Coast District Health Board is sexist. No gastric bypasses for men, only for women.
Ron Blair, 68, who weighs 132 kilograms, was referred for the potentially life-saving operation by his heart specialist in July but turned down by Capital and Coast District Health Board because he is a man.
In a letter to his specialist, surgeon Kusal Wickremesekera revealed that "as a male, [Mr Blair] falls outside our current guidelines for surgery".
From an article By TIM DONOGHUE and RUTH HILL in The Dominion Post
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/2905232/Denied-weight-loss-surgery-because-he-is-a-man
Yet the health boards happily fun cosmetic surgery for women that are feeling 'upset' about their looks.
Shows men have less value in society now.
Ron Blair, 68, who weighs 132 kilograms, was referred for the potentially life-saving operation by his heart specialist in July but turned down by Capital and Coast District Health Board because he is a man.
In a letter to his specialist, surgeon Kusal Wickremesekera revealed that "as a male, [Mr Blair] falls outside our current guidelines for surgery".
From an article By TIM DONOGHUE and RUTH HILL in The Dominion Post
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/2905232/Denied-weight-loss-surgery-because-he-is-a-man
Yet the health boards happily fun cosmetic surgery for women that are feeling 'upset' about their looks.
Shows men have less value in society now.
