[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Honestly hospital wards wouldn't be such a big issue for me, there would be male visitors coming in and out all day anyway, I've been in short term wards (where you're released that day after a procedure/op). But I could see for elderly people who may be in there for longer periods why they'd rather not be in mixed words, for the sake of modesty. Changing rooms and prisons should not be mixed though imo

Personally I wouldn't feel sharing a ward with anyone to be modest, also, there are male doctors and nurses, I wouldn't find being treated by a man any different to being in the same ward as one. It's just a man. The only reason a trans person, pre-op or post-op is going to be in the hospital is for a medical need. They're not going to be rubbing their hands together at the prospect of preying on someone at the hospital when they find out they have to get their gallbladder out.