The medical field has become increasingly woke in recent years. This has been true across the globe, but the United Kingdom takes the cake with its most recently implemented policies that asks men if they are pregnant before they can have x-rays.
New reports indicate that x-ray technicians working for the government-run National Health Service (NHS) are being instructed to ask biological men if there is any chance they are pregnant before administering routine scans. The liberal policy has reportedly been implemented in multiple hospitals under so-called “inclusivity guidelines.”
It includes the pregnancy screening question for all patients between the ages of 12 and 55—with absolute disregard for the logical consideration of whether they are male or female. The policy was first implemented after a biological woman who “identified” as a man had a CT scan without knowing she was pregnant.
Women are routinely asked if they are pregnant before such scans, as the radiation from the tests poses danger to unborn babies. But men have not historically had the same screening—that is, until gender ideology started permeating the medical field.
Reports have also revealed that the question has resulted in some male patients refusing to answer, insulted by the absurdity of the policy, and women frustrated by being pressed to answer why they are unable to conceive.
Angus Dalgleish, professor emeritus who teaches oncology at a London university, described the policy as “a lunatic travesty” that provides “no clinical benefit” and “damages” the public faith in physicians. He also accused the practice of wasting “valuable time and resources.”
Dalgleish pointed out that, while other professions are also being negatively impacted by radical diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, it is especially detrimental to the medical field. He shared that one of his patients—described as a middle-aged man who has “fast-track cancer”—was “so upset” about being asked if he was pregnant that he simply left the appointment.
This left him unable to receive the “crucial scan” he needed to determine diagnosis and treatment. Dalgleish expressed “sympathy” for this patient and criticized the DEI “industry” for working to “flood the health service” with such policies until they are “normalized.”
The oncologist added that the push is also resulting in the sharing of “outright misinformation. For example, the “inclusive” guidelines falsely state that 4.5% of British residents consider themselves “trans or non-binary.” In reality, the Office for National Statistics indicates that this number is actually about 0.5%.
Reports of the bizarre policy come more than two years after an NHS hospital in Liverpool made headlines for following a similar practice. It started asking every patient under the age of 60 if they were pregnant, regardless of gender. This followed a change in medical guidelines about radiation scans that replaced the word “female” with “individuals.”
These guidelines concerning women who could be pregnant were updated in 2017 by the Department of Health, saying that medical professionals must verify if “individuals” are pregnant or breastfeeding rather than “women.”
