According to the Sun Sentinel newspaper in Florida some ob-gyn doctors are actually turning away women whom are overweight. Apparently there are higher risks being taken when taking care of a person who is obese. Miami doctor Albert Triana told the news paper “There’s more risk of something going wrong and more risk of getting sued. Everything is more complicated with an obese patient in GYN surgeries and in [pregnancies].” Some doctors say that their equipment and table cannot handle obese patients and it is difficult diagnosing certain problem since the quality of the ultrasounds are not clear.
A doctor is there to help people regardless their weight or gender. In Canada doctors cannot discriminate against patients on their age, gender, medical condition, sexual orientation, or political affiliation. Obese patients need doctors. An obese patient would have no where to be treated if every practice had that policy. Personally I do not believe that doctors should be allowed to deny patients for reasons such as these, I mean doctors are there to improve their quality of life, not stigmatize them according to their weight class.
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