Bina Mathews

Executive Master NLP Coach, Hypnotherapist,biker. Discover who you are and what you really want.Shape your own future. Get in touch to find out more. ICF, ANLP

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

In 1970, if a woman arrived at an emergency room after being raped, the staff moved fast. They cut away her clothing. They washed blood from her skin. They cleaned her wounds, combed debris from her hair, sutured, swabbed, stabilized.

They saved her life.

And in the same efficient hour, they destroyed the case.

The clothing that held fibers and semen was bagged with hospital trash. The fingernails that might have carried skin cells were scrubbed clean. The bruises were documented only as injuries, not as patterns of violence. By the time police arrived, there was often nothing left but a shaken woman and a report that would quietly die in a file.

No one intended harm. Nurses were trained to heal, not to think like investigators. Emergency medicine focused on stopping bleeding and preventing infection. Justice was considered someone else’s department.

Except it wasn’t.

It was the survivor’s.

Virginia Lynch was a nurse who noticed what others had normalized. Born in 1941, she grew up in a culture that treated sexual violence as something shameful, private, better left unexamined. In the ER, she saw the same pattern repeat. A woman would arrive assaulted. Staff would do what they were taught. Hours later, police would ask for evidence that no longer existed.

Prosecutors declined cases. Defense attorneys dismantled what little documentation there was. Survivors were left with a quiet, corrosive message: if it can’t be proven, maybe it didn’t really happen.

Lynch understood something radical for her time — hospitals were not neutral spaces. They were the first crossroads between trauma and accountability. If evidence vanished there, justice rarely followed.

When she began asking why nurses weren’t trained to preserve forensic evidence, the resistance was immediate. Doctors said nursing was about care, not crime. Law enforcement questioned whether nurses could handle chain of custody. Administrators worried about lawsuits and reputation. Beneath all of it was a deeper discomfort: taking sexual assault seriously would require admitting how common it was.

But Lynch kept pushing.

She began designing protocols that did not force a false choice between healing and documentation. Clothing could be preserved without delaying treatment. Injuries could be photographed respectfully. Swabs could be taken with consent. Detailed notes could be written in language that held up in court. Evidence could be secured without turning a survivor into an object.

She saw nurses differently than others did. They were already there first. They saw injuries before they faded. They heard the story before it hardened into a deposition. They had the trust of patients in moments when uniformed officers might not.

If nurses were trained properly, they could protect both the body and the truth of what happened to it.

Out of that insistence came a new field: forensic nursing. Eventually, the role of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner — SANE — was formalized. These nurses learned evidence collection, trauma-informed interviewing, courtroom testimony, and meticulous documentation. They became the bridge between medicine and the legal system.

Hospitals that adopted these programs saw measurable change. Evidence was preserved correctly. Cases were stronger. Convictions increased. Survivors reported feeling believed instead of processed. The difference was not dramatic technology. It was intention, structure, and training.

By the 1990s, forensic nursing was recognized as a legitimate specialty. Courts accepted forensic nurses as expert witnesses. Nursing schools began offering training programs. What had once been dismissed as unnecessary interference became the standard of care.

© Women In World History

#archaeohistories

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

@fiagirly Finally someone who gets it!! You can't just replace them!!

[TrafficDXB @trafficdxb]

Show care & compassion for delivery riders in this scorching heat. Requesting their employers, participating restaurants & supermarkets to ensure they have a place to wait and rest & availability of cold water. Let's support those who support us! #ShowCompassion #UAE @rta_dubai

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

#studyinginAustria #studyingintheUK

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

Why can't countries that invite us to send our kids to study there, have a separate visa category for parents and siblings attending graduations???
@UKConsulate @Austriainuk

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Some Exciting Opportunities And Help Needed 🐶🙏

Something a bit different before the happy dog content later today! There are some interesting bits here and maybe someone you know who could help

New Jobs 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇹🇭

We're hiring for 4 roles in 3 countries to help expand the mission globally. You can see all the jobs here. If not for you maybe you know someone who would fit...
https://t.co/lbS9HfKYV8

Accountant Needed 📊💶

We're looking for an account in the UK and the USA. Having worked with charities would be a bonus. You can contact [email protected] direct.

Flight Volunteers Desperately Needed ✈️🙏

I really need anyone flying between Thailand and Europe in the next 3 months. Its to be a flight volunteer for dogs. Very little work and no cost for you. Just accompany a dog on your flight home. You can add you name here.
https://t.co/ieBSAT7dn0

My passion is out helping the dogs on the street making a difference but this big stuff is what is needed to build out the Happy Doggo organisation in 3 countries to help at massive scale. Building bricks being put in place for the 2nd half of the year to scale even faster.

All the info on our website (including adoptable dogs) which we are also trying to upgrade as we go! https://t.co/9yKdvqHv7S

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

@NiallHarbison Do give Hank a hug on our behalf, he'll be feeling sad too poor puppy 🤗🤗RIP lovely Valentina, and God bless you Niall🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Doug Aoki @Nantanreikan]

The phone call to a hospital informing two Gaza doctors that the Israeli army had bombed their homes and killed their families.

[Voice of Rabbis @voiceofrabbis]

We stand with the Palestinian people.

Israel does not represent Torah Jews.

Israel is not the state of the Jews.

Our hearts are shattered over the loss of so much innocent life.

It pains us to the core how this is all carried out in the name of Jewish people.

We want peace. We want to live in harmony. Like our grandparents did for centuries.

May GD uplift the broken, heal the injured & finally bring upon peace to His world.

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

@CBDUAE D
@RiasReel @Rmatt26

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

@SmilesUAE Sent, thanks

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

@SmilesUAE why is it so hard to use your vouchers 😭😭 been battling with it for two days!! Pls can you make it more user friendly?

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

@amyadam00 Bless you and thanks for informing them. They should also stop promos based on delivery in a fixed time, causing the riders to risk life & limb to meet the deadline. Riders do need our consideration on the road, in any weather!

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

@dog_rates My Shadow says hi and well done!! He's also a fellow therapist 🥰

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

Absolutely! And maybe try to avoid ordering in when we have bad weather

[D.N.S. @DubaiNameShame]

Maybe they deserve more than a couple of dirhams tip

Good morning and have a great day

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

@CHIMPSINSOCKS Collagen powder really helps!

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

@DawnPDSi Most authentic version I've ever seen, loved it, thanks for sharing!

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

https://t.co/RRv0F0nbdY

[أبوظبي للتنقل | AD Mobility @ad_mobility]

Safe driving is a joint responsibility
#Delivery_Motorcyclists_Ride_Safe

[Bina Mathews @CoachBina]

@DawnPDSi Bon voyage!