Doctors in the UK must ask men whether they are pregnant before having an X-ray

If yes man in the UK and a doctor will have to carry out tests on you radiography will probably ask you if you are right pregnant or you think so. The decision stems from an agreement reached within the UK Health Service (NHS) following an incident that occurred with a transgender man who underwent X-rays during pregnancy, according to their development Telegraph.

New NHS guidance requires healthcare staff to ask everyone questions men aged between 12 and 55 years who will undergo an X-ray “without making assumptions about the patient’s gender identity.” The aim, apart from preventing health risks, is also to encourage integration policies for non-binary, transgender and intersex patients.

Likewise, doctors may also ask patients to fill out a form indicating their gender at birth.

“Back to common sense”

New health policy it’s not sitting well yet to residents. Telegraph He assured that many radiology patients were angry with this action.

The hospital doctor assured that the question was proven “embarrassing” for many patients, who feel upset because their sexual identity is unclear.

Correspondingly, the parents of the minors who were asked the question also opposed it because, they regretted, “it has happened.” indoctrinating character».

Therefore, critics called on UK health to withdraw the measure and “return to common sense.”

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