Does This Make Me Racist?

[mrs_overall]

A question in another section has prompted me to stick my head above the parapet with this one.
I am a fairly frequent hospital in-patient and have encountered fellow patients of all races and colours. I accept their religious differences, dietary needs etc and get along with them all. The hospital I attend is in an area with a large Pakistani population
One thing that really gets my goat up is the preferential treatment often given to Pakistani women. Here are two examples. Read them and tell me if I am being racist or am I in the right to feel aggrieved? In both examples, the women in question could speak English.
1. Visiting is restricted to 2 persons and visiting time is 6pm - 8pm. I had two visitors, as did all other patients, except a Pakistani woman who had SIX visitors, not including a screaming baby. At 8pm, all the visitors left, apart from the Asians. At 9pm yet another one turned up bearing numerous foil cartons of curry which they proceeded to eat around the bed. When I had a quiet word with a nurse she told me SHE would be accused of racism if she asked them to leave. I was fuming. Half an hour later they were still all there and when I looked across, the baby was laid on the bed, in amidst the foil containers, having its rather smelly nappy changed. At this point I lost it, told the nurse in charge that if she wouldn't ask them to leave then she should find someone who would have the guts to do it or I would intervene myself. She did ask them to go and they looked very disgruntled.
2. A different Pakistani woman in the same ward as me was screaming and wailing so loudly I thought she must be in agony. This went on for hours and no one could sleep. Around 1am, 4 female friends/relatives turned up to sit with her. The screaming stopped and they spent the rest of the night keeping us awake with their laughing and joking. Later that day I asked her why she had been screaming and she said "I was bored and lonely. I knew they'd ring my family if I kept up the screaming."

What is your verdict?

[gness]

Well I have to grant you that, Ummmm.

For most of MrG's stays...there were many...he had a private room. We didn't pay but there were reasons he was given it.

When he had to be on a ward the care of patients was appalling....... no help with food or as in the case of a blind woman....choosing from her menu.

We may have come a long way in the treatment of ailments....but the care of patients has lost its way......and that doesn't help recovery at all....x

[ummmm]

They moved my grandad into a side room. Either because there was so many of us or because he was an abusive so and so.

[EDDIE51]

This is the same problem as with the Pakistani men who got away with sexually exploiting vulnerable white girls for years. Lots of people including police and social service knew it was happening but no one did anything as they were scared of being called 'Racist'.

[tinkerbell23]

Cultural thing i think.
I certainly notice a difference.

Regardles everyone is asked to leave at the end of visiting, not to sit on beds. Some have to be asked repeatedly! Lol x