Based on this article, Dr. Busittil did indeed make decisions based on some sort of worth. What the blank the FBI was doing is up in the air.
“As a surgeon, it is not my role to pass moral judgment on the patients who seek my care,” read the statement, which didn’t directly address the Japanese patients.””
I didn’t see anywhere where he did. The only inference I got was that he would have prioritised patients according to clinical needs, not on their moral superiority...