(01-20-2024 04:36 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:While I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't the most insanely woke article you'll read or have read today, I can't imagine anything more dangerously woke — and potentially life-threatening. Ready?
Bureaucrats who run a Massachusetts hospital are warning patients that they could be denied medical care if they violate the hospital's "inclusive environment" with "words or actions that are disrespectful, racist, discriminatory, hostile or harassing."
Oh, and "wrong body language" and "tone of voice" are violations, as well.
In a video announcement, Dr. Peter Smulowitz, the chief medical officer at the Milford Regional Medical Center, explained the hospital's updated "inclusive environment" rules, and how patients will be held accountable for behavior that could be considered in violation of the new rules.
Everyone should expect a safe, caring, and inclusive environment in all our spaces. Our patient and visitor code of conduct helps us meet this goal. Words or actions that are disrespectful, racist, discriminatory, hostile, or harassing are not welcome and will not be tolerated.
Smulowitz added that "body language and tone of voice are also important parts of communication," as if lecturing kindergarteners.
So here's the thing, which is always the case with the insanity of woke: As determined by whom? Why, the super-woke among us, of course.
Here's more on which "behaviors" will now be unwelcome at the facility (emphasis, mine):
Examples of such behaviors included offensive comments about race, religion, gender, and orientation.
Refusal to see a clinician based on personal traits is also against the new rules.
Aggressive or intimidating threats are prohibited, as are sexual or vulgar words and actions.
Smulowitz revealed that if the new rules are broken, the hospital might refuse patients future non-emergency medical care.
Smulowitz said people would be given a chance to defend themselves and their "point of view," if they are accused of violating conduct.
If we believe you have violated our code with unwelcome words or actions, you will be given a chance to explain your point of view. We will always carefully consider your response before we make any decisions about future care at Milford Regional.
Some violations of this code may lead to patients being asked to make other plans for their care. For serious or repeated violations, future non-emergency care and visitation rights at Milford Regional may require review, though we expect this to be rare.
Rare? It should be never — particularly when the woke are in charge of judging what's woke.
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It will be interesting to see if this insanity becomes reality, meaning if a patient is denied medical care by Milford Regional, and on what grounds— on what violation of wokeness that's bad enough to threaten the hospital's "inclusive environment," for which the "guilty party" will be denied healthcare.
Speaking of "inclusive," isn't it a shocker that the term, as defined by the left — the most hypocritical group on the planet — is anything but? Yeah, try to control your shock and amazement.
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Heal thyself, and stay away from these monsters.
Family of the 1st patient they turn away for not calling someone they/them who has a health emergency as a result is going to own that place.
Translation, white heterosexual males are not welcome.
also remember, MA has to house everyone ... it's the law...
https://www.masslive.com/politics/2023/1...looms.html
Quote:In 1983, Massachusetts lawmakers passed legislation known as the “right-to-shelter” law, which fulfilled then-Gov. Michael Dukakis’s promise of providing shelter to families in desperate need.
Fast-forward 40 years and the state’s emergency shelter system set a cap for the first time due to combined crises of a lack of affordable housing and an influx of migrants newly arriving in Massachusetts.
In August, Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency that formally appealed to the federal government and private citizens to step up and help alleviate the overburdened system, officially known as Emergency Assistance.
There are currently over 24,000 individuals being temporarily housed by the emergency shelter system — Healey set a cap of 7,500 families — and, as of last week, families in need of shelter will be placed on waitlists as long as the system remains at capacity. The shelter system is available to families with children or pregnant people but is not generally available to individuals seeking shelter.
Here are answers to seven questions about the law and a look at why lawmakers are considering $250 million in their supplemental budget to fund the overburdened system.
Read more: Waitlists for emergency shelters start today in Mass. Here’s what it means
Why did Massachusetts pass ‘right-to-shelter’?
During Dukakis’s inaugural address in the State House shortly after being sworn in, he promised “to put together a statewide effort which will provide the necessities of life to those in desperate need,” according to the Boston Globe.
Legislation that became the “right-to-shelter” law was signed ten months after Dukakis’s speech.
Addressing homelessness in Massachusetts was Dukakis’s “top priority,” according to Philip Johnston, who served as the Secretary of Health and Human Services during Dukakis’s administration, in an interview with WBUR.
Read more: As shelters fill, a Haitian migrant explains why his family came to Mass.
Johnston explained that homelessness was “much less complicated” during the early 1980s.
Michael Dukakis, Pierre Du Pont
In this April 27, 1987, file photo, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, left, shakes the hands of former Delaware Governor Pierre Du Pont, right as former Virginia Governor Charles S. Robb looks on, after both men attended the Jobs for Bay State Grads program in Boston. (AP Photo/Jim Shea, File)AP
“It was mainly people who were mentally ill who were de-institutionalized and some folks, particularly mothers with their children, who were just poor and could not afford rent,” Johnston said.
Massachusetts became the first state that “would guarantee every man, woman and child has a right to shelter,” Johnston said. “We ought to be able to do that in the richest country on the face of the Earth. Michael felt very strongly about that.”
When the emergency shelter program started in 1983, there were three state-funded shelters. There were 105 eight years later when Dukakis left office and Massachusetts spent more on affordable housing than any state in the country, according to Johnston.
Will lawmakers provide $250 million in additional funding?
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering additional funding for the emergency shelter crisis as families are being placed on waitlists due to a lack of shelter to place families.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted to approve a $2.74 billion spending bill last Wednesday that included funding to support the state’s emergency shelters on the condition that the state government finds an overflow site to house homeless families placed on a newly implemented waitlist.
Starting last Friday, migrant and homeless families in Massachusetts seeking emergency shelter will be placed on a waitlist after hitting the state-imposed capacity limit on Thursday.
“We are at the point where we do not have enough shelter units, service providers, or funding to continue to safely expand,” Emergency Assistant Director Gen. Scott Rice said in a statement Thursday. He was recently appointed by Healey to tackle the crisis.
Marjorie Decker at right-to-shelter rally
State Rep. Marjorie Decker rallies on the Statehouse on Oct. 31 with advocacy groups calling for Massachusetts to honor its “right-to-shelter” law with migrant families. (SAM DORAN / STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE)State House News Service
The state’s House of Representatives green-lit a $2.74 billion spending bill last week that would divert $250 million in funding toward the state’s shelter system.
On Monday, the Senate released a version of a supplemental budget bill that differed from the House version.
The Senate, like the House, has included Healey’s request to allocate $250 million to the state’s overburdened shelter system in its $2.8 billion spending bill.
Read more: Mass. House wants to require ‘overflow’ site for families waitlisted for shelter
But, unlike the House, Democrats who control the upper chamber didn’t include language authorizing an overflow site needed to continue the governor’s 7,500-family shelter cap, a key detail of the House’s bill.
The Senate is set to begin debate on Tuesday during a formal session.
Why did Gov. Healey declare a state of emergency?
On Aug. 8, Healey declared a state of emergency as the number of families living in state-funded shelters increased by 80% compared to a year ago.
“These numbers are being driven by a surge of new arrivals in our country who’ve been through some of the hardest journeys imaginable,” Healey said during the announcement. “They are the face of the national international migrant crisis. They’re here because where they came from is too dangerous to stay. They’re here because Massachusetts has and will always be a beacon of hope, compassion, humanity and opportunity.”
Specifically, the governor is asking for the federal government for funding and to expedite work authorization papers for migrants.
MassLive spoke with a Haitian migrant living at a Hadley shelter who arrived in Massachusetts based on a recommendation from a friend. After living in Louisiana for three months without state assistance and being unable to get work authorization, the Haitian man came to Massachusetts with his wife and newly born daughter and they were accepted into the emergency shelter system.
“Here it’s better,” he said in Haitian Creole. “There are food stamps here, a house to sleep in.”
Gov. Maura Healey
Gov. Maura Healey speaks on the state's emergency shelter cap on Nov. 2 inside Massachusetts State House, a day after a Superior Court judge ruled that it was legal for the governor to place a limit on the number of state shelter units.Alvin Buyinza
Who is eligible for Emergency Assistance?
The state’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities is in charge of the emergency shelter system, officially known as Emergency Assistance Family Shelter.
Individuals seeking shelter are not generally eligible for the state’s emergency family shelter system.
According to the state’s website, there are several conditions families must meet to be eligible to apply for shelter:
Be a resident of Massachusetts
A family’s gross income is 115% or less of the Federal Poverty Guidelines
If a person is pregnant or has children under 21
Reasons for needing shelter is one of the following:
No fault fire, flood, natural disaster, condemnation or foreclosure
Fleeing domestic violence (current or within past 12 months)
No-fault eviction
Family’s children are exposed to a substantial health and safety risk
Families need to provide proof of identity and proof of family relationships before shelter can be offered. Other documents required include documents that prove Massachusetts residency; documentation for a cause of homelessness; financial statements for income and assets; and citizenship or immigration documents.
Read more: Northampton homeless encampment concerns neighbors as Mass. shelters reach capacity
Is Massachusetts the only state with this law?
Massachusetts became the only state to guarantee a right to shelter in the United States in 1983 and so far remains the only state to do so.
New York City has a similar policy to Massachusetts where all homeless individuals are guaranteed shelter — whereas only families are in Massachusetts.
The policy in New York City is confined to the city limits. Massachusetts is the only state with a “right-to-shelter” law that encompasses the entire state.
ship 'em all to MA and overwhelm that bold bs ... watch their arseholes pucker where a needle won't fit....
And if Massachusetts provides food and shelter, what does the 75 average IQ Haitian bring to help Massachusetts? This is why Abbott's move to bus these folks to sanctuary cities/states was so smart. Virtue signal with no responsibility, no problem. Honor your position by feeling some pain - State of Emergency. Delicious.