From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-361847-786142
EXETER, England (UPI) -- A mother says a nurse at a doctor's office in
Exeter, England, told her she could not breast-feed her baby in the
waiting room because she was not a patient.
Terri-Ann Barnes, 23, said she ducked into the Heavitree Health Center
with her 3-month-old baby, Christian, to escape a storm and asked a
receptionist if she could breast feed her son in the empty waiting
room, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.
Barnes said the receptionist gave her the go-ahead, but a nurse soon
emerged and told her she should not have been allowed to breast feed
at the center.
"I was only in there for a few minutes but a nurse said I shouldn't
use the waiting room because I wasn't a patient there," Barnes said.
"The waiting room was empty so I assumed it would be fine. She said it
wasn't a drop-in center. I was shocked. If you can't breast-feed in a
doctor's surgery where can you?"
Len Young, manager of the practice, said the nurse was concerned about
health and safety.