Quotes from a conversation with a nurse in Well-Baby clinic (Tipat Chalav), Arad

 

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Privacy

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"...Outside I'm exposed from all directions to the looks of outsiders..."

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"...going outside feels inconvenience and Lack of privacy. The feeling that I'm being seen, my face is familiar around here..."

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"...If I want to make a private phone call or I need some time to myself there's a bench outside, but it is not enough..."

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Comfort

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"...There is no specific place for a lunch break. usually we eat in the nurse room..."

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"...Staff meetings are done in the waiting area..."

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"...The rooms are small and there is not enough space for the treatments..."

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Health care conditions

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"...The temperature is very critical for babies. The structure is too cold most of the year and not insulated enough..."

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"...It is important to have communication between the rooms. Window, transition or an access to go outside..."

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"...Rooms that need to be separated is a kitchenette and a breastfeeding room..."

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"...sink is needed in every nurse's room. A position for preparing vaccines. Sterilization needs to be separate from food..."

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"There's no diaper change area here and the fridge is small..."

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Community

 

"There is a uniqueness in the encounter between women from different sectors in 'Tipat Chalav' sometimes there's a cultural contradictions..."

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"once women from different sectors used to not sit together in the waiting room..."