She spoke openly into her smartphone's camera, not without fear, anxiety, and concern. "I don't know how I'll be able to make this video, but it's necessary." Thus begins the now-viral video on social media of Marzia Sardo, a 23-year-old woman who tearfully explains what happened to her during a visit to the Policlinico Umberto I in Rome , where a technician—shortly before a CT scan—allegedly told her, "If you want to take off your bra, make everyone happy."
According to the young woman's account in the video, she was in the hospital for a CT scan. Everything was proceeding normally until the technician, in a calm and professional tone, asked her to remove her earrings and mask "because she has underwire." When the girl asked if it was necessary to remove her bra "because it also has underwire," the man replied, "No, no, the CT scan is only of the skull, so we'll stop here."
It could have ended there. Instead , the technician, "looking at his colleagues, all male, happily exclaims, 'Sure, if you want to take it off, you'll make us all happy.'" After announcing that she will file a formal complaint, the woman vents: "I'm tired of having to deal with these things every day, even in a hospital environment, which should be safe. I'm here because I'm sick. I'm a 23-year-old girl who came to the emergency room at 2:30 PM and is still here at 9 PM having tests, and the doctor who's supposed to be treating me thinks, 'If you want to take off your bra, you'll make us all happy?' What goes through your head when you think it's normal? That it's right? That it's something to laugh about? And what are we supposed to do when you keep telling us we're crazy or annoying? This is what we have to experience every day, even in contexts that should be safe and professional. We shouldn't remain silent in the face of things like this."
(Unioneonline/vf)