Published : 04-09-2017
In Lebanon, Safed hospital, a hospital affiliated to the Palestinian Red Crescent in Al-Beddawi Camp in Tripoli, witnessed an inhumane action by a doctor, after he questioned the nationality of 10-year-old sick girl "Aya Attallah", before conducting the necessary medical examinations and checkups. Her family was outraged and they sent many letters to the AGPS, to publish their story about this doctor’s and his racist treatment when he found out that they are Palestinians displaced from Syria. The family also reached out to the Safad Hospital administration and the Palestinian Red Crescent, as well as human rights organizations.
“My sister suffered a severe medical condition on Saturday and we needed to move her to Safad Hospital” Youssef Attallah explained. “Upon reaching the emergency room we explained her condition to the on-duty doctor "S.H" and we were surprised by his inhumanitarian stance when he found out that the little girl is a Palestinian-Syrian”.
The doctor asked them, "Where are you from? I hope not a Palestinian from Syria and do not say from the Yarmouk camp as well!" He added, "what brought you here?” Youssef added "despite our nationality or where we came here from, you are a doctor and it is your professional and human duties to treat the patient". "The doctor did not like my words and treated the girl with extreme racism, and examined her in a completely unrelated to medical ethics" according to Youssef.
On its part, the Action Group transferred the complaint to the Red Crescent Hospital’s administration in the Beddawi camp that expressed their dissatisfaction with the incident, and promised, according to the Action Group’s sources, to open an official investigation and punish the doctor. The infant’s brother, Youssef Attallah, confirmed that the hospital’s management requested him to file an official complaint on Tuesday, for the investigation.
In Lebanon, Safed hospital, a hospital affiliated to the Palestinian Red Crescent in Al-Beddawi Camp in Tripoli, witnessed an inhumane action by a doctor, after he questioned the nationality of 10-year-old sick girl "Aya Attallah", before conducting the necessary medical examinations and checkups. Her family was outraged and they sent many letters to the AGPS, to publish their story about this doctor’s and his racist treatment when he found out that they are Palestinians displaced from Syria. The family also reached out to the Safad Hospital administration and the Palestinian Red Crescent, as well as human rights organizations.
“My sister suffered a severe medical condition on Saturday and we needed to move her to Safad Hospital” Youssef Attallah explained. “Upon reaching the emergency room we explained her condition to the on-duty doctor "S.H" and we were surprised by his inhumanitarian stance when he found out that the little girl is a Palestinian-Syrian”.
The doctor asked them, "Where are you from? I hope not a Palestinian from Syria and do not say from the Yarmouk camp as well!" He added, "what brought you here?” Youssef added "despite our nationality or where we came here from, you are a doctor and it is your professional and human duties to treat the patient". "The doctor did not like my words and treated the girl with extreme racism, and examined her in a completely unrelated to medical ethics" according to Youssef.
On its part, the Action Group transferred the complaint to the Red Crescent Hospital’s administration in the Beddawi camp that expressed their dissatisfaction with the incident, and promised, according to the Action Group’s sources, to open an official investigation and punish the doctor. The infant’s brother, Youssef Attallah, confirmed that the hospital’s management requested him to file an official complaint on Tuesday, for the investigation.
