DOCTOR SEX CHOICE BANNED

In order to prevent discrimination against male doctors Swedish women are no longer allowed to opt for a female gynaecologist. Well, mostly:

Exceptions will be made in some cases, such as for women who come from parts of the world with 'patriarchal traditions' or for the victims of sexual assaults, the paper reported. These women could insist on a female gynaecologist.

In tangentially related medical news, a Swedish doctor is picking his patients:

"We went up there and the nurses were really nice. They did some swab tests, which they then passed on to a doctor," Johansson told The Local.

But when the American woman, accompanied by her husband and niece, went to meet the doctor in his treatment room, he declined to examine her.

"He said he didn't like Americans," said Johansson.

He also disliked hearing English spoken in his treatment room and soon walked out.

According to Johansson, the doctor was a Palestinian who objected to American foreign policy in the Middle East.

Whatever happened to "when in Rome..."?