Comments on: Five Jailed for Posing as Doctors http://xrdarabia.org/2009/01/12/five-jailed-for-posing-as-doctors/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:58:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DW http://xrdarabia.org/2009/01/12/five-jailed-for-posing-as-doctors/comment-page-1/#comment-18131 DW Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:24:58 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6492#comment-18131 Sparky, it was in the news before, they got one guy in Riyadh who posed as a doctor in female ward. Reading his story was entertaining because in his case he was asking the patients about their medical history.. he presented an act that even got the nurses and other medical staff fooled. From the article I read it sounded like he actually was playing the role for just being a doctor.. but I am not sure really.. there wasn't any follow up about it. Sparky, it was in the news before, they got one guy in Riyadh who posed as a doctor in female ward. Reading his story was entertaining because in his case he was asking the patients about their medical history.. he presented an act that even got the nurses and other medical staff fooled. From the article I read it sounded like he actually was playing the role for just being a doctor.. but I am not sure really.. there wasn’t any follow up about it.

]]> By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2009/01/12/five-jailed-for-posing-as-doctors/comment-page-1/#comment-18115 John Burgess Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:16:23 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6492#comment-18115 That's entirely likely. As I said, I'd have expected a much harsher sentence were this 'normal'. If that's the case, though, the newspaper article missed reporting on some very crucial details... That’s entirely likely. As I said, I’d have expected a much harsher sentence were this ‘normal’.

If that’s the case, though, the newspaper article missed reporting on some very crucial details…

]]> By: RuhSA http://xrdarabia.org/2009/01/12/five-jailed-for-posing-as-doctors/comment-page-1/#comment-18106 RuhSA Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:46:03 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6492#comment-18106 Saudi society is rather conflicted when it comes to the medical profession. Male doctors for women and female nurses for men are quite common. In the larger hospitals one gets the choice of a female dr for a female patient however in smaller clinics there is no such choice. Considering the medical violations committee handed down the sentence rather than the regular courts maybe the fake drs were medical students? Saudi society is rather conflicted when it comes to the medical profession. Male doctors for women and female nurses for men are quite common. In the larger hospitals one gets the choice of a female dr for a female patient however in smaller clinics there is no such choice.

Considering the medical violations committee handed down the sentence rather than the regular courts maybe the fake drs were medical students?

]]> By: Sparky http://xrdarabia.org/2009/01/12/five-jailed-for-posing-as-doctors/comment-page-1/#comment-18078 Sparky Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:01:11 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6492#comment-18078 I tend not to completely believe this story for some strange reason. I tend not to completely believe this story for some strange reason.

]]> By: Andrew http://xrdarabia.org/2009/01/12/five-jailed-for-posing-as-doctors/comment-page-1/#comment-18075 Andrew Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:57:59 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6492#comment-18075 A despicable act that is deserving of punishment. However, we must also examine our society that often treats women as pathogenic and thereby creates an unnatural allure among many men regarding women. An unhealthy society may foster unhealthy behaviour such as this. The libertinism in the West may be no less destructive than the quarantine attitude towards femininity in our nation. A despicable act that is deserving of punishment.

However, we must also examine our society that often treats women as pathogenic and thereby creates an unnatural allure among many men regarding women.

An unhealthy society may foster unhealthy behaviour such as this.

The libertinism in the West may be no less destructive than the quarantine attitude towards femininity in our nation.

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