The ruling on looking at and speaking with women in hospitals for the one who is fasting

Question:
It is not hidden that hospitals are full of women displaying their adornment and exposing themselves, and with the frequency of encounters and what may happen in passing through the corridors or in meetings or otherwise, does looking at and speaking with them, which may take on an ordinary form, have an effect on our fasting?

Answer:
In any case, this is a serious problem: the free mixing of women and men, because of the trial and evil that result from it. It is obligatory for Muslims to be aware of this matter and to provide a special space for women and a special space for men.
There should be no free mixing between the two sexes. Today, praise be to Allah, male and female doctors are available, so it is possible to separate these from those, having women treat women and men treat men, so that Muslims are safe from this trial.
However, if this is not achieved and there is some mixing between men and women in the fields of work and treatment, then the Muslim must lower his gaze, as Allah the Exalted said: and guard his private parts. Likewise, the Muslim woman must lower her gaze to guard her private parts: This is a trust with the Muslim that he lowers his gaze and guards his private parts. There is no doubt that mixing is a trial, so the Muslim should beware of this by lowering his gaze and guarding his private parts. As for speaking out of necessity, if a man speaks to a woman or a woman speaks to a man out of necessity or in the field of specialization, in speech that contains no submission and no trial, there is no harm. That is, speech that contains no flirting, joking, or banter between the man and the woman, but is strictly for work only; this is permissible.