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NHS doctor suspended over alleged antisemitic social media posts (www.bbc.com)

submitted 5 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) said Dr Aladwan's posts "may impact on patient confidence" in both her and the profession, while patients could be "discouraged" from seeking treatment from her.

Dr Aladwan, who is British Palestinian, denies making racist or hate speech.

Her lawyer told the tribunal there was "no evidence" that her activities have had "any impact on patient safety or her ability to fulfil her duties as a doctor".

Dr Aladwan's suspension will take effect from today and will be reviewed within six months.

In the tribunal's ruling, it said it "notes that there is no information to suggest that any patient complaints have been raised or that any patients have come to harm".

Responding to the tribunal's ruling on X, Dr Aladwan said: "Let this decision stand as the definitive proof that there is no independent British medical regulation. The 'Israeli' and Jewish lobby decide who can and cannot practise medicine in Britain."

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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Anyone know what's she's alleged to have said?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, it's Lemmy, so immediately we get tribal responses from both sides of two sides of a conflict that would do exactly the same thing to each other if they had the chance.

The tribunal notes are here.

She compared Israel to Nazis and holocaust

She doxxed a former colleague on socal media. There were multiple complaints from her colleagues and the public.

She celebrated an attack on a Manchester Synagogue.

"outlined a large number of Dr Aladwan’s posts which she submitted involve social media activity which allegedly justifies terrorism, denies sexual violence, includes antisemitic conspiracy theories, misuses Holocaust and Nazi imagery and expresses support for proscribed groups and terrorist acts including the Al-Aqsa flood (the name Hamas gave to its large-scale surprise attack on Israel on 07/10/2023)."

There is a long list of infractions, but the general theme is that she was not only anti Israel, but blamed all Jews worldwide, Jews control the media, etc. etc.

Exact quote: ‘May God…gather you with the Jews, the killers of children, in the fire".

Overall, it goes on for pages outlining a toxic person who has gone off the deep end and has lost any professional composure. The response from her lawyer is basically, "Did not...did not.. did not..."

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

so immediately we get tribal responses from both sides

Good thing you're providing the defense of Israel side, since nobody else on Lemmy is willing to do that.