In the city of Huaiāan, a group of registered nurses is now working at a local hospital, dressed as flight attendants.
According to CNTV and Peopleās Daily, twelve nurses went through a one-month flight attendant etiquette training course. Instead of typical white outfits, these nurses actually wear flight attendant uniforms, while working at the hospital. (Their uniforms resemble China Eastern Airlinesā outfits, and it appears as though they were trained by said airline.)
āThe hospitalās nursing department has long had thoughts about using flight attendant style service for the patients but it never materialised,ā head nurse Bu Haijuan told reporters.
Initially, there were concerns that the program would get negative press, but the hospital moved forward with the idea this past March.
Back in 1930, the first female flight attendant was actually a nurse, so in that regards, this does make sense. I guess. Perhaps the idea is that, like the maid dental assistants, the flight attendant uniform is less threatening than a hospital uniform?
This wasnāt an easy program to make happen.
āIt was a surprise to us that only three nurses signed up for this at the get go. I guess many of the nurses lacked self confidence as the selection process was known to be rigorous,ā said Bu.
The other nine were selected by their age, height, and appearance. Itās not exactly clear whether or not those flight attendants, I mean nurses, actually had a right of refusal.
āWhile all twelve nurses still havenāt perfected the mannerisms of flight attendants,ā said the head nurse, āthey do look like them.ā
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Eric Jou contributed to this report.
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