Recently, a tweet caused a stir on Melbourne's social platform.
Here's what happened: on this day, Milke, the owner's friend, went to Melbourne's northeast clinic, Eltham North Clinic, to see a doctor, with a price list attached to the door.
According to the price list, booking a female GP (general practitioner) is $7 more than a male GP!
Milke was angry: the clinic had a price tag for doctors, and it was gender-based!
Then Milke angrily filed a complaint, explaining that many female patients prefer to see a female GP, and that female patients have been visiting for longer periods than men.
Milke's friends complained about the incident on Twitter, then attracted popular netizens and media attention.
A clinic in Victoria is suspected of charging illegally, according to news.com.au. This is blatantly random charges! Australians who can't stand sand in their eyes, of course, will not be easy to indulge.
Greg Hunt, the state's health secretary, said he would look into the matter: it was alleged to be sexist.
In this regard, netizens have a wide range of opinions:
Netizen A: if this is done because, let the patient overpay 30% to fill 30% male and female doctor salary difference, does not have the egg at all. This, on the contrary, aggravates the inequality in wages at the bottom!
Netizen B: not everyone doesn't care these 7 bucks, okay?
Netizen C: this is naked sex tax and discrimination! I don't know how many people will lose access to medical benefits because of the extra $7, just because of the sex of the doctor. I will lodge a complaint with the medical licensing agency.
Imagine that if a doctor was "priced" in a clinic, the patient would definitely not choose a "low-cost" doctor for insurance reasons. Moreover, it is not for no reason that female patients tend to seek medical advice from female doctors.
Last year, a male doctor in Perth sexually assaulted and sexually harassed six female patients under the name of a physical examination.
Kunzhou doctors are accused of molesting patients and "improperly" touching their genitals during a gynecological examination of two women. After the incident came to light, the doctor fled abroad to evade the police.
As a doctor, because of its professionalism and authority, patients often as the existence of life-saving straw. As long as medical clearance, gender is never within the scope of the patient's consideration.
The series of social news and the experience of sexual harassment in life make more and more female patients choose female doctors. But now this "helpless move" should be overcharged, the operation of the clinic can be said to be very coquettish.