澎湃News reporter Yu Yan intern Yang Luyi Yu Lu
After finishing second in the written test, first in the interview, and first in the total score, she was unable to do the chest X-ray project due to pregnancy. Zou Xiaolin (pseudonym) and 5 other pregnant women were taught by the local The Sports Bureau "rejected the door" on the grounds that the lack of physical examination items was unqualified, and it was unable to pass last year's open recruitment of teachers. Zou Xiaolin and five other pregnant women questioned the local bureau of culture, education, sports and health for discriminating against pregnant women in disguise because of missing items in the physical examination.
Zou Xiaolin (pseudonym) applied for Bianzhuang Primary School’s admission requirements Source: Screenshot of the official website
For this reason, on August 19, the staff of the Bureau of Culture, Education, Sports and Health in the Pingyuan Demonstration Area of Xinxiang, Henan Province responded to The Paper (www.thepaper. cn) stated that not being able to do a chest X-ray during pregnancy will indeed affect the results of the physical examination, and will eventually be rejected due to lack of physical examination items when entering the job.
A staff member of the Physical Examination Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College, who once provided teachers’ entry physical examinations for the Bureau of Culture, Education, Sports and Health of the Pingyuan Demonstration Area, said that the recruiting party, the Bureau of Culture, Education, Sports and Health of the Pingyuan Demonstration Area, determined the items of physical examination for employees. Chest x-rays are not recommended during pregnancy, and pregnant women need to consider the consequences as appropriate. The physical examination center also stated that chest X-ray is an item to check whether there are abnormalities in the lungs and trachea, and there is currently no other examination method that can replace it.
All the written test and interview materials were reviewed, and the entry physical examination was not done because of pregnancy
The 31-year-old Zou Xiaolin told The Paper that because of her love for the teaching profession, she decided to join the second batch of primary and secondary school teachers in the Pingyuan New District of Xinxiang City in the summer of 2019 Open recruitment, the applicant position is the language teacher of Bianzhuang Primary School in Zhulou Township.
Zou Xiaolin said that she was more than four months pregnant at the time and had just had a 4D color Doppler ultrasound. She noticed that the age limit for recruitment for the position in the teacher announcement was under 30 years old, so she decided to seize the opportunity to try it out.
After getting second in the written test, first in the interview, and first in the total score, on August 7, 2019, Zou Xiaolin came to the Health Examination Center of Xinxiang Medical College (next to the Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College) to participate in the The entry physical examination organized by the Culture, Education, Sports and Health Bureau of the New District.
Zou Xiaolin said that during the physical examination, Ms. Zhang, a person in charge of the Culture, Education, Sports and Health Bureau of the Pingyuan Demonstration Area, took the initiative to tell the medical staff during the physical examination that "women are pregnant or on menstruation."
Zou Xiaolin recalled that when Ms. Zhang finished the notification, a total of 10 women said that they were pregnant and could not have a chest X-ray test. Zou Xiaolin provided The Paper with a WeChat group chat titled "The second batch of recruiters in 2019" that day's chat records to confirm the above statement.
finished the regular physical examination items such as vision test, blood test, etc. When it was about to end, Zou Xiaolin and other pregnant women asked the medical staff of the physical examination center what to do if they could not do the chest X-ray and affect the physical examination results. The other party said that they could issue a pregnancy certificate , as a supplementary item for chest X-ray.
Zou Xiaolin said that she then spent nearly 1,000 yuan on a color Doppler ultrasound and went to the Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College to issue a pregnancy certificate.
After Zou Xiaolin handed over the pregnancy certificate to the physical examination center, the other party told him, "This is all right, and the physical examination items are complete."
On August 13, Zou Xiaolin said that she and several other pregnant women received phone calls from the physical examination center one after another on the same day , The staff of the other party said that the result of the physical examination was unqualified due to lack of chest X-ray.
"At that time, I felt my brain went blank." Zou Xiaolin said that after being notified, she and other pregnant women asked the physical examination center if they could do a chest X-ray examination, but the other party refused because the pregnant woman could not do a chest X-ray.
The physical examination items were incomplete due to lack of chest X-ray, and the Bureau of Culture and Education refused to hire
The Paper checked and found that according to the second batch of open recruitment for primary and secondary schools and kindergartens issued by the Bureau of Culture, Education, Sports and Health of Xinxiang City Plain Demonstration Zone on June 6, 2019 The teacher's announcement states that the requirements for the physical examination shall be carried out in accordance with the "Physical Examination Standards for Applicants for Teacher Qualifications in Henan Province (Revised in 2017)". In addition, it is stipulated in the recruitment announcement that "candidates who cannot prepare a complete physical examination report within the specified time limit, It is deemed to be unqualified for the physical examination.”
On June 6, 2019, the Xinxiang Plain Demonstration Zone Culture, Education, Sports and Health Bureau issued the second batch of public recruitment announcements for kindergarten teachers in primary and secondary schools. The requirements for the physical examination stated, “It cannot be completed within the specified time limit. Candidates with medical examination reports are deemed to have failed the physical examination." Source: Official WebsiteScreenshot
In addition to the routine physical examination items, the physical examination standards do not mention the precautions during the physical examination of pregnant women. In addition, Article 20 stipulates that those who are not included in the physical examination standards, have other diseases or physical defects that affect health and teaching work are not eligible. qualified.
Zou Xiaolin said that before waiting for the employment notice from the Bureau of Culture, Education, Sports and Health in the Pingyuan Demonstration Zone, she and five other pregnant women whom she met during the physical examination together set up a WeChat rights protection group. On August 19, 2020, The Paper found that the 6 pregnant women were between 13 weeks and 30 weeks pregnant when they took part in the physical examination. All 6 pregnant women did not have a chest X-ray test at the physical examination center because they were pregnant at the beginning, and they were not admitted to the examination unit in the end. hired.
Zou Xiaolin told The Paper that some pregnant women had proposed to report discrimination against pregnant women to the local 12345, and some pregnant women had posted posts to defend their rights, but in the end it was fruitless.
The Paper noticed that some of the six pregnant women who were not selected had left a message on the message board of the leader of Xinxiang, Henan Province on August 22, 2019 to reflect this matter.
A netizen posted a message on the local leadership message board of People.cn. Source: Screenshot of the local leadership message board of People.cn.
The Plain Demonstration Zone responded on the same day, saying that according to the "Announcement on the Second Batch of Public Recruitment of Kindergarten Teachers in Plain Demonstration Zone in 2019", combined with Due to the very shortage of teachers in our district, in order to meet the needs of teachers in our district, it is specially stipulated that "candidates who cannot prepare a complete physical examination report within the specified time limit shall be deemed as unqualified for the physical examination."
Physical Examination Center: Chest X-ray examination will indeed affect fetal development
In response to Zou Xiaolin and five other pregnant women questioning the claim that the Bureau of Culture, Education, Sports and Health of Pingyuan Demonstration Area discriminates against pregnant women, on August 19 a person in charge of the Bureau of Culture, Education, Sports and Health of Pingyuan Demonstration Area The staff recruited by the teacher told Peng Mei News that not being able to have a chest X-ray during pregnancy will indeed affect the results of the physical examination, and will not be hired due to lack of physical examination items when they finally join the job. "According to the recruitment announcement, it is relatively clear. It is reminded that if you cannot provide a complete medical report, you will not meet the requirements." The aforementioned staff member said. A staff member of the Physical Examination Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College, which provides pre-employment physical examinations for pregnant women, said that the physical examination center did have Zou Xiaolin's physical examination records in August 2019. "However, pregnant women are definitely not allowed to undergo radiology chest X-ray examinations, because X-rays will affect the development of the fetus."
On August 20, a staff member at the Physical Examination Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College told The Paper that chest X-rays are inspections. There is currently no other inspection method that can replace the item of whether the lungs and trachea are abnormal. The Paper inquired about the physical examination forms of applicants for teacher qualifications in Henan Province over the years and found that chest X-rays were listed as a separate physical examination item.
A staff member in the office of the director of the physical examination center said that the Bureau of Culture, Education, Sports and Health in the Pingyuan Demonstration Area may indeed "will block pregnant women from entering the job on the grounds that the physical examination items are incomplete, and the situation does exist."
The above-mentioned staff suggested that pregnant women should communicate with the recruiting unit in advance to confirm whether the inability to do the chest X-ray project will affect the recruitment results before undergoing a physical examination.
The Paper noticed that the official website of the Xinxiang Pingyuan Urban-Rural Integration Demonstration Zone showed that the new batch of "Pingyuan Demonstration Zone 2020 Public Recruitment of Primary and Secondary School Teachers Physical Examination and Inspection Notice" released on August 7, 2020 clearly mentioned that, The pregnant person should inform the staff and register in advance, and do not do X-ray examination. This clause did not appear in the 2019 recruitment notice.
Zou Xiaolin said that as far as she knew, two pregnant women were admitted after completing the physical examination items. "One was a supplementary chest X-ray after a caesarean section, and the other was a chest X-ray after a miscarriage."
However, this statement has not been confirmed by the parties.
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