Can anyone tell me why the sign below causes me to shift uneasily?
The picture was taken in the waiting area of Assuta's shiny new building off HaShalom Road in Tel Aviv. But I wouldn't be surprised if similar signs are displayed in various other hospitals and clinics around the country.
I went for a bone scan, which entails being injected with a small amount of radioactive tracer that is "tagged" to a calcium like material. After being injected, patients are told to hang around for 3 hours to give the calcium time to circulate and be taken up by the bone. Patients then return to the Nuclear Medicine department for their scan.
Personally, I didn't hang around. I popped back home (well, actually, I was driven back home by my considerate hubby) to pass the time. Nonetheless, theoretically I was a "muzreket" (injectee?), waiting in the area designated for muzrakim only.
Don't know about you, but I find this sign very distasteful.
1 comments:
Yeah, a little euphemism might help here. How about נבדקים instead of מוזרקים? I'm sure everyone would get the idea: If You're Not Bein' Injected, Don' B Here!
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