A Christian nurse has been taken off frontline duties after she refused to take off a necklace bearing a cross. Shirley Chaplin said she believed The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust Hospital was trying to prevent her from expressing religious beliefs.
The eChurch Blog will not be promoting this current popular news item, as we believe that if a protruding necklace constitutes a heath and safety risk (in terms of infection control and the risk of the necklace being grabbed by a patient etc) in the medical environment, then all medical workers (including Christians) should abide by the rules.
We at the eChurch Blog have extensive personal experience working within the medical profession, and can certainly see that a protruding necklace could potentially cause a problem with infection control and could constitute a potential risk in terms of manual handling.
If the health trust is simply asking for this necklace (and ALL protruding necklaces) to be concealed underneath the clothing, or removed, then we see no problem with following this instruction for heatlth and safety reasons.
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