The new Royal Adelaide Hospital has invested A $2.3 billion in construction. (photo by Australian newspaper)
According to the Australian newspaper, the new Royal Adelaide Hospital (Royal Adelaide Hospital) will be opened this year. There are dedicated prayer rooms for Muslims, but there are no Christian churches or other religious facilities. Some politicians point out that "spiritual care" space should satisfy "multi-faith".
A number of large hospitals in South Australia, including Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth) Hospital and Flanders Medical Center (Flinders Medical Centre), have Christian chapels, while the old Royal Adelaide Hospital has chapels and prayer rooms for Muslims. (Women`s and Children`s Hospital), a women`s and children`s hospital, recently opened a "religious space" for all faiths.
The New Royal Adelaide Hospital has invested A $2.3 billion and has a religious area on the third floor, divided into prayer rooms and spiritual care spaces, without any religious symbols. The prayer room provides cleaning facilities for men and women, with arrows pointing to the Islamic "holy city" of Mecca (Mecca). The South Australian Department of Health has promoted the new hospital`s religious areas "suitable for private, individual or group prayer, meditation and quiet thinking."
The move sparked dissatisfaction with Australian conservative Senator Bernardi (Cory Bernardi). He said Australia was "disgusted and tired" by accommodating minority religions and undermining Christian traditions and heritage.
Bernardi said the new hospital was trying to integrate other cultural groups, and the prayer room was "clearly converted to Islamic design", an arrangement that was "grossly wrong". He said yesterday that the separation of men and women`s cleaning facilities "for me is entirely meant to be tailored to certain minorities." "We grovel and give in to minorities," he said. "We don`t offend, but we destroy our traditions and legacies." Hospitals need to satisfy all faiths, but the situation here is that all faiths need to share space, except Islam-who once again wants to distinguish themselves from each other and receive special treatment. "
Bernardi pointed out that Christian belief should be given priority in terms of belief priority because Christianity is the overwhelming majority of beliefs in Australia and part of Australian culture.
According to the 2011 census, 61.1 percent of Australians claim to believe in Christianity and 2.2 percent of Australians are Muslims, with a particularly high percentage of Christians in South Australia.
Teulade (Kayser Trad), president of the (Muslims Australia), an Australian Muslim association, retorted that Bernardi`s concerns were "further evidence of fear and narrow thinking." He said the decision to build prayer spaces was linked to hospital personnel needs, and Muslims needed cleaning facilities to clean limbs, including feet. "most non-Muslims think washing their feet with a wash basin is hard to accept," he said.
Episcopal Archdiocese (Anglican Diocese of Adelaide) Harris (Tim Harris) said the space offered by the new hospital was "indeed multi-faith." He pointed out that, despite the majority of Christians, the church had no privileged status and should not be given priority.
On April 10, South Australia`s Director of Health, Snelling (Jack Snelling), told the Australian newspaper in a brief statement that "like the old Royal Adelaide Hospital," a chapel would be arranged at the new hospital. Snelling belongs to the right-wing member of the South Australian Labour Party and believes in Catholicism.
