Medical Issues: What Are the Islamic Guidelines for Women in Labor and Female Medical Staff?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Medical Issues: What Are the Islamic Guidelines for Women in Labor and Female Medical Staff?

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Question #1306:

What is required of a woman in labor? And what is required of the female nursing staff insofar as the uncovering of and looking at the genitals of the woman in labor are concerned?

Answer #1306:

It is not permissible for the nurses to deliberately look at the private parts of a woman in labor unless it is necessary. The same goes for the doctor who should avoid looking at the body of the patient or touching it unless it is necessary. As for the woman, she should do her best to cover herself if she is aware and able to do that or to ask other people to do it for her.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Medical Issues