Originally Posted by
Aaron C.
additionally, all she did was ask you why you didn't ask them to close them.
You could have answered her without being rude.
To answer your question:
No, you shouldn't have to ask for privacy.
However, if you noticed that people could see in, why did you not ask for them to be closed?
You state that you were in pain, but you obviously weren't in too much pain to notice that it was open and that people were looking in. If that's the case, you should have then asked for them to close the curtains.
I am sure they would have been more than happy to comply and I doubt there was any intention of disregarding your privacy.
Sometimes mistakes are made. No one is perfect. And in the ER, there are sometimes more important things to worry about and minds can forget simple things like closing curtains.