A woman has recently taken to social media to accuse Cyberjaya Hospital’s security team of attire policing after she was barred from entering due to her clothing.
The incident has since stirred outrage from netizens, who found the move to be excessive and unnecessary.
Barred from hospital due to sleeveless dress
In a lengthy Facebook post, the woman said she had travelled to Cyberjaya Hospital from Port Dickson to visit her brother last Sunday (Sept 21).
When she arrived there, two female security guards didn’t allow her to enter the premise as she was wearing a sleeveless dress.
Their reasoning? Apparently they believed that the woman’s “arms were showing.”
“I was taken aback by this enforcement, as I was dressed modestly and appropriately. I made it clear that I did not find anything wrong with my clothing and told the guards that I would take full responsibility and inform the relevant authorities that they were simply following instructions,” she said.
The woman added that while she understood hospitals needed to maintain decorum, she found the the incident to be “restrictive” and “discriminatory”.
Hospitals are not religious spaces, and access to healthcare should never be subject to such arbitrary standards of attire.
“This policy raises serious concerns about inclusivity, accessibility, and gender bias.”
She also revealed at the end of the post that she was only given five minutes to visit her brother after much hassle.
Outrage
Reactions from netizens were mostly that of anger and shock, with many calling the incident “stupid” and “crazy”.
A netizen claimed that the security guards at Cyberjaya Hospital had a history of being rude to visitors.
At the time of writing, neither Cyberjaya Hospital nor the Ministry of Health (MOH) have responded to the matter.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first case of attire policing in Malaysia, where numerous cases have occurred in the past:
