Posted on 07/31/2014 7:30:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A Flemish doctor who manned a medical hotline Wednesday night refused to provide help to a 90-year-old Jewish woman, Bertha Klein, who had suffered a fractured rib. Im not coming! he said. Send her to Gaza for a few hours, and she will not feel the pain anymore, was the reply.
The doctor confirmed the exchange, and said that he had spoken the way he did out of emotional frenzy. The Health Ministry is investigating the matter, according to Joods Actueel (Jewish News).
Kleins son had been the one to call the hotline. His mother was in agonizing pain after she had suffered a fractured rib. The doctor reportedly knew very quickly that the patient was Jewish: her name, her sons accent and her address in Antwerp, Belgiums second-largest Jewish commmunity, betrayed all that.
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We dont have to take this passively:
That is the email addy for the Belgium embassy in DC. Heres my little note:
Excellent idea! Here's mine:
Dear Ambassador Verbeke,
I read with interest (http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183567) how a Flemish doctor denied a 90 year-old woman treatment because she was Jewish. I am curious: Does your country also make its Jews wear yellow stars? Is this part of your nation's plans to rid itself of "useless eaters?" I ask merely for information.
Sincerely,
[Slings and Arrows]
Ouch, Slings—that one’s gonna leave a mark.
Meanwhile, I received an answer to mine. Fyi:
Dear Madam,
Thank you for your message about this incident, which has been widely reported in the Belgian media, and your concern for the Jewish community in Belgium.
The Ministry of Health has received a complaint and the prosecutor has been seized of the matter. Our authorities are determined to prosecute and punish acts inspired by racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism, as specified by the Belgian law ( in particular the law dd. 30.4.1981).
Best regards
etc.
> Ouch, Slingsthat ones gonna leave a mark.
And I thought that I was the very soul of tact. ;^)
Thanks for posting your reply. Looks like the powers-that-be have realized that this one is not going to fade away.
Slings, this is brilliant!
Writing the email now.
Thankyewvrmuch.
‘And I thought that I was the very soul of tact.’
Lol. It was tactful but searing; I give it 5 stars+.
The official reply sounded good & all, but you know that doc wouldn’t have acted so egregiously out of context. I.e.: if Belgium were fostering an environment in which anti-Semitism were not tolerated, he wouldn’t have been so brazen. Otoh, when you feel the sentiments of the entire country, esp. the political class, is behind you, there is no need for subtlety, as we saw in this instance.
In my reply to the embassy I said I would be following the case closely, to see what if anything happens to the doctor. That is the crux of the matter. Will they throw the book at him, or let him off with barely a wrist slap.
We shall see.
Thank you.
It’s a classic shame vs guilt situation - IMO, they’re more worried about being caught doing evil than the evil itself.
Keep the light shining and watch the cockroaches scurry.
’ theyre more worried about being caught doing evil than the evil itself.’
Couldn’t agree more.
Sadly, probably not so good. The man did lose his mind before he died.
Naturally, I meant “in charge” when he still had charge of his wits!
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