Posted on 05/17/2007 4:42:40 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
When Your Doctor is a Muslim: Medical Terrorism Comes to America
By Debbie Schlussel
www.debbieschlussel.com
May 17, 2007
Sometimes--so many times--diversity is not what it's cracked up to be.
Just ask Joseph Applebaum. Well, you could ask him. But you won't get an answer. He's dead. And he's dead because he was a Jew, and his doctor is a Muslim and grad of "Ayman Al-Zawahiri" Medical School.
But Applebaum wasn't denied treatment for being a Jew in Egypt. Or elsewhere in the Muslim world. It happened right here on U.S. soil. In Chicago.
As Muslim doctors continue to flood into the country under lax immigration laws, hospitals around the country have acquired their fair share of them. Many hospitals in the Detroit area are now dominated by Muslim doctors and have been for some time.
But even in hospitals where they do not predominate, Muslim doctors are starting to demonstrate behavior toward non-Muslim patients that is beyond alarming.
On December 1, 2003, Joe Applebaum was admitted to Rush North Shore Medical Center, a major hospital in Chicago. He was stricken with an acute (or distended) abdomen--a swelling of the stomach that is easily diagnosed and treated. But it was never treated by anyone at the hospital. For 12 hours, Joe Applebaum was left alone--left to die, which he did the next day.
A Jewish man, he was identified as a Jew on the front page of his medical chart. The chief resident doctor assigned to treat Mr. Applebaum, Osama Ahmed Ibrahim, MD, sure noticed the religious notation on Applebaum's chart. And it appears that this is why he never once checked or examined this emergency patient, Mr. Applebaum, and left him to die. When another doctor at the hospital finally examined Mr. Applebaum--not his assigned doctor, Dr. Ibrahim, he told Applebaum's son, Michael, to say good-bye to his father because he was about to die.
Dr. Ibrahim, is a Muslim from Birmingham, England--a hotbed of Islamic radicalism and terror planning. It is breeding ground for anti-Semitic hate. He is a graduate of Ain Shams University Medical School in Egypt. This extremist school is also the alma mater of Al-Qaeda mastermind and number two, Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri. Zawahiri's father--a Muslim Brotherhood enthusiast--also taught at the University.
Other Ain Shams grads and faculty members include:
* late HAMAS leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin; * Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Mahdi Akef;
* LAX terrorist shooter Hesham Mohamed Hedayet;
* Extremist Canadian Imam, Aly Hindy; and
* Co-leader of Yemen's extremist Al-Islah Party, Abdul Majeed Al-Zindani.
Why did Dr. Ibrahim neglect a patient who came in with an easily treatable condition and leave him to die, 12 hours later? It appears it can only be because he did not want to treat a Jewish patient and let him live. There can be no other reason.
Mr. Applebaum's son, Michael, is a medical doctor and an attorney. While he was waiting for Dr. Ibrahim to see his father, he called Dr. Ibrahim and alerted him to the growingly severe condition his father was in and that his father was suffering from an acute abdomen. Dr. Ibrahim claimed he examined Mr. Applebaum. But that was a lie. He'd never seen him.
And he essentially murdered him by denying treatment. It's a case of extreme negligence and medical malpractice for the apparent purpose of anti-Semitic murder.
Joseph Applebaum's son Michael is now suing Dr. Ibrahim, the hospital--Rush North Shore Medical Center, and others involved in his father's murder. The case is filed in Illinois, and he is looking for a good attorney to pursue the case he has filed. If you are interested or can help, please contact him at the website he set up to document this ongoing tragedy.
This isn't the only case where a Muslim doctor deliberately let his Jewish patient die, it is just the first that we know of. And it likely won't be the last.
Muslim doctors--especially those from foreign medical schools deep in the world of anti-Semitic, anti-American hate; but many from here, too--have backgrounds that are incompatible with the basic level of care that is required and expected in America. Sadly, no-one is vetting them out of our healthcare system. And no-one will.
But we know that there are many doctors who've been at the forefront of taking lives--not saving them--in the name of the "Religion of Peace":
* Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri--Al-Qaeda mastermind and number two man, reportedly a surgeon and/or psychiatrist; * Dr. Mohammad Rabi Al-Zawahiri--Ayman's father and a Muslim Brotherhood enthusiast, pharmacologist and professor at Ain Shams Medical School;
* Dr. "Abu Hafiza"--Al-Qaeda master planner who was the brains and commander of the Moroccan cell that provided logistics for the 9/11 attacks, and he recruited Qaeda insurgents for battles in Fallujah, Moroccan psychiatrist;
* Dr. Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi--Late HAMAS leader, pediatrician;
* Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahar--HAMAS co-founder and leader, surgeon and lecturer at the Islamic University in Gaza;
* Dr. Fathi Abd Al-Aziz Shiqaqi--Late founder of Islamic Jihad and active in Fatah, physician.
And there are other issues, such as infectious disease. We are no seeing cases in Britain in which some Muslim doctors refuse to wash their hands with alcohol-based disinfectant, per the Muslim prohibition on alcohol consumption.
In New Jersey, Dr. Ahmed Rashed, a Muslim Arab resident, severed and stole the hand of a cadaver as a gift for a stripper. Such little respect for life from a religion now very much participating in a profession that takes an oath to do no harm and to preserve patient's lives. Not only did he get a slap on the hand--no jail time and, likely, no criminal record--but he currently has a job practicing medicine at Maimonides Medical Center in New York. The real Maimonides--a legendary, brilliant Jewish doctor, rabbi, and religious scholar--is turning over in his grave.
Perhaps, Dr. Applebaum's suit against Rush North Shore Medical Center will make hospitals think twice before they hire Muslim doctors inclined to practice Medical terrorism against their patients. Today, the victim is a Jew, solely because he is Jewish. But tomorrow, it will be a Christian, solely because he/she is a Christian. Or some other non-Muslim victim, solely because he/she is a non-Muslim victim.
Can we afford to have doctors in America whose allegiance to their patients is far less than their allegiance to an extreme observance of a religion of hate? If they cannot and will not tender care, they should not be licensed to practice medicine in the United States.
Like I said, Maimonides is turning over in his grave. Joseph Applebaum, *Zichrono LiVrachah--Blessed Be His Memory.
Even if it is "over the top" in this particular instance, deliberate mistreatment of Jewish or Christian patients by Muslim jihadi physicians in the US is not a very far-fetched possibility considering the demographic and political circumstances pertaining today.
The only difference between your comment and one on DU is that it took over 60 comments to find a way to blame Bush for this.
Do you want to be decapitated by a common run of the mill terrorist muslime?
Unskilled in surgical techniques?
Probably using a "knife" which has not been sterilized?
Click the Pic
No! Say I! No!
We Welcome muslime "Doctors"!
We need muslime "Doctors"!
After all, They'll behead you using modern surgical skills under sanitary conditions.
(Less risk of harmful infections from a "dirty" knife that way. Doncha Know)
Celebrate Diversity!
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Muck all Fuslimes
Any MDs out there who can tell us what this is? Ruptured bowel? Infection? Reaction to medications? My abdomen is "distended" every Thanksgiving Day but I never considered it life threatening.
"Acute Abdomen", which is NOT synonymous with "distended abdomen" simply means "Hey! There is something acutely wrong with this guy's belly".
It can be caused by anything from appendicitis to a dissecting aortic aneurysm to a bowel obstruction to a massive bowel infarction and may or may not be "easily treated" or capable of being treated at all.
"Distended Abdomen" means "Hey! That guy's belly sure sticks out" and can be caused by anything from a bowel obstruction to, as we sometimes call it, "Chronic Pizza Poisoning".
The sloppy use of terms in the article and the claims that "acute abdomen" is "easily treated" and the fact that the "son who is a lawyer" has my red flags flying.
Sometimes, with an elderly patient, who is not a surgical candidate with a surgical condition, all you can do is make them as comfortable as possible with morphine and let Nature take it's course.
I had a Doc from Pakistan (I think) do a colonoscopy on me last week. He seemed like a nice guy and I allowed him to go where no man has ever been before. ;~))
Dear God, be our Protector.
Don't be such an big cry baby........
NOTHING I said blamed it on Bush.......
I simply stated that Bush said ISLAM is a religion of peace......
Did he say it?......Was I wrong?...... NO, I wasn't!......
Grow up and quit whining!......
Quit spending so much time reading DU........
It's affecting your judgment!
I have a friend (young guy in his 40s) who after a week or so being treated for indigestion/stomach virus finally went to the emergency room late at night because he could not take the pain anymore. The took him right to the operating room ---- it was a perforated intestine. He damn near didn't make it, but after a couple of weeks in the hospital and wearing a bag for a few months, they were able to stitch him back together and he's doing just fine now. No more Buffalo Wings, but that's not such a big sacrifice in the great scheme of things. ;~))
Since when is religion indicated on someone’s chart?
Where the hell was Junior when all this was going on? Was he plotting a lawsuit in advance?
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Maybe in another state, my oldest lives 3,000 miles away. The article states that he spoke to the attending doctor, not that he met with him.
Just looking at him on TV, I could tell his hands would be clammy. Ugh.
He is that kind of creepy.
Did it ever occur to any of you questioning what the son did that maybe the father went to emergency in the evening and that the son may not have found out until the next morning? It mentions nothing of the wife/son’s mother, so maybe she’s dead or divorced from him. Kids living in the same city don’t normally keep in constant contact with parents on an hourly basis. The son probably found out and went in 8-10 hours later. I doubt that he went in with his father.
Don’t have to read DU much these days, the BDS is just as strong here by some.
Every day, and on their wrist band as well.
The article says, “ Michael, is a medical doctor and an attorney. While he was waiting for Dr. Ibrahim to see his father, he called Dr. Ibrahim and alerted him “
I’m not blaming the son. I think there’s something wrong with the article. My suspicion is that it’s a poorly written article, high on emotion, low on details.
As far as I am concerned it would be good common sense. I stay as far way from the practioners of the rop as I can get.
The sentence you quoted is the large part of the problem with this article. Was Dr. Applebaum present for this? How else would he know that his father was not examined? This is not made clear. If he was there, he is a physician, and should have done something. Acute abdomen is not a diagnosis, it is a complaint. It can be caused by numerous things including pancreatitis, peritonitis, or appendicitis. These things will kill you, but it could also be severe intestinal cramps from bean burritos and beer.
A physical exam includes looking for fever and diminshed mental state (signs of infection), rebound tenderness, localized pain at the site of the appendix, and tight muscle in the area of the appendix. Dr. Applebaum can’t order the blood tests that confirm the infections, but all that takes is an order from a physician, a phlebotomist and a lab. In truth, the nurse could do the exam and the physician is not needed until the lab report comes back. Even then, most nursing students could look at the exam and the blood tests and see what is happening.
Now if they didn’t order the blood tests, they are beyond negligent. They would have no idea if Mr. Applebaum is about to develop a systemic infection and rapidly die, which is what happened. The physician is negligent, but so is the charge nurse because the nurse should have found another physician to sign off on the tests. You can also legitimately blame the ER physician because he is supposed to be aware of what happens in his ER. And Dr. Applebaum, if present, could have put his father in a wheelchair, had a private ambulance meet them at the door, and sent dad to another hospital immediately if this is what was going on.
The story is missing some very important details.
As a physician, you don’t treat family and try to stay out of the way.
I find your comment pretty offensive.
Life is hard.
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