
Public hospitals should be civil in enforcing their dress code by communicating the guidelines politely to visitors, said health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Dzulkefly also advised hospitals to exercise discretion in each case and avoid escalating conflicts.
“The issue of hospital dress code has gained some public interest. Hospitals have their own guidelines for dressing, but I want to stress that good manners must be exercised during enforcement,” he told reporters after the Ops Selamat Paru-Paru event here today.
His comments come after a woman claimed last month that she was barred from entering Cyberjaya Hospital to visit her brother for wearing a sleeveless long dress.
Dzulkefly said the woman was not denied her right to visit the patient after security personnel…