Hospital gown fabric - synthetic, waterproof, breathable - what to do with it?

I was provided with a blue papery hospital gown to wear for all of five minutes for an X-ray.

The fabric looks like it should be useful for something. It's not exactly my colour, and it's apparently waterproof but soft to the touch and breathable.

Any suggestions for re-using the fabric that would take advantage of its properties?

Was it the kind with your backside on display for all the world to see

Loose rain jacket for covering coats up
:D

Small drop cloth?

Luckily our hospital is still using cotton gowns though I can understand the use of something disposable.

I had a bone density test and got a free pair of socks.

I like the suggestion that Timothy made for using that gown as a drop cloth.

Wrapping something up for storage that you want to keep the dust off?

Deane Adams wrote:Was it the kind with your backside on display for all the world to see

Hahahaha.

Mercifully not - I don't think the locals are quite ready for the sight of my bare voluminous butt!

i scavenge a lot of this non-woven hospital gown type fabric and use it for anything that might destroy it from sun or weather- I have a cabinet outside over my washing machine for soap, dye, etc and I keep a curtain there to stop birds from nesting in it, it lasts a few years in the sun, and i've used this kind of fabric.
If you have something in the sun you want to be slightly cooler (I've done this with my dark plastic worm barrel)
if it's water-repellant, cut/restyle to use as an apron? or as a pad to protect bed/furniture/etc?

These type of disposable fabrics might be a place that microplastics are created in large number.