Commercial Fixed Wing
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
General Physical Injury / Incapacitation
Human Factors; Aircraft
Passenger fainted in the aisle. It happened to be in the middle of the aft lav doors that are non-retractable. There were passengers in each lav that could not get out. Two crew members in the galley [were] unable to access doctor recommended equipment. A call forward to Purser remedied that portion. Had there been another unforeseen event; this could have been very dangerous. The lav doors have been a problem since inception. I have seen people get hit with them; I've been hit with them; and they block the galley.
Flight Attendant reported non-retractable lavatory doors could pose a safety hazard in emergency situations; or injure people standing too close when opened.