An incident that occurred in Sweden:
But when the American woman, accompanied by her husband and niece, went to meet the doctor in his treatment room, he declined to examine her.Rather than introduce himself, the doctor waved the patient’s papers and shouted “she doesn’t have strep throat, she doesn’t have strep throat”. He then added that he would not treat her.
“He said he didn’t like Americans,” said Johansson.
He also disliked hearing English spoken in his treatment room and soon walked out.
“We just couldn’t believe it. We were left standing there with our mouths hanging open,” said Johansson.
According to Johansson, the doctor was a Palestinian who objected to American foreign policy in the Middle East.
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Gee, imagine what would have happened if she was a Jewish American….
Sounds like he needs to be exported back to his homeland.
I dont like suicide bombings, but I still treat Palestinians – he should loose his licence and go back and practice in Gaza , the useless prick – if he feels so strongly about “Middle East policy” then WTF is he doing treating people in Sweden – shouldn’t he be in the trenches in the “Occupied territories” with helping his fellow martyrs?
There’s a doc I went to in the US. He had me take a battery of useless blood tests and a liver biopsy. Of course no follow up. I don’t know what the problem is yet and it’s been over a month. They give me the run around everytime I call the office. Then it dawned on me that everyone at the office is middle eastern and don’t care much about saving lives but only research, and making a name for themselves. The question is do I pay the Medical bills for the biopsy and tests, even though I received no follow Up? I’m worried about my credit getting screwed.
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