Nurses have been told to move Muslim patients' beds five times a day so that they face Mecca when they pray. The measure by Dewsbury and District Hospital in West Yorkshire is one of several designed to meet the needs of Islamic patients. Critics claim, however, that nurses' time would be better spent providing medical treatment and ensuring wards were free of infection.
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Hospital staff told to make sure Muslim patients' beds face Mecca five times a day - Daily Mail 4th December 2007
Hospital staff turn beds to Mecca - BBC Health News 4th December 2007
Nurses to help Muslim patients face Mecca - The Telegraph 5th December 2007
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
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