Medical Treatment of a Man by a Woman
Question
A yeshiva student needs pedicure treatment, and in the city where the yeshiva is located, there is only a female doctor who provides this service. Is it permissible for him to go to her for treatment, or must he travel to another city an hour away to receive treatment from a male doctor?
Answer
He is permitted to go to the female doctor.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source
Even HaEzer, Siman 21, and Yoreh De'ah, Siman 125, Section 10.
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