Jewish Group 'Don't say you're Jewish': antisemitism fears grip Australian health care
A sweeping investigation by The Australian has detailed a series of allegations that antisemitism has intensified across Australia’s health care system since October 7, prompting some Jewish patients to conceal their identity when seeking medical treatment.
The report includes testimony from patients and medical professionals who allege that Jewish patients were, in some cases, deliberately mistreated while receiving care. The claims include repeated and painful attempts to insert intravenous lines, failure to provide pain relief to women after childbirth and offensive remarks by medical staff. As a result, the investigation found that many Jews are afraid to seek care at hospitals and clinics, while those who do often conceal their Jewish identity out of concern that it could affect the way they are treated.
Based on interviews with more than 30 doctors, nurses, midwives and other health care professionals, the report describes alleged discrimination, harassment and hostility directed at Jewish patients and staff, along with antisemitic comments by medical workers.
Among the cases cited is that of Charlotte Frajman, the daughter of an Auschwitz survivor, who said a Muslim nurse at a Melbourne hospital attempted to insert an IV four times after noticing that her religion was listed as Jewish. Freiman said she suffered severe pain and extensive bruising, and alleged that similar incidents occurred during later hospital visits.
Another Israeli patient, Orit Brand, said a nurse made eight unsuccessful attempts to insert an IV. She said the line was placed immediately and painlessly once other staff members took over. The report noted that it could not prove deliberate mistreatment in either case. Medical staff quoted in the investigation, however, said hospital protocols limiting the number of IV insertion attempts by the same practitioner had allegedly been breached.
Midwife Sharon Stoliar described another case involving a Jewish woman who, she said, was left without pain medication for hours after a C-section. According to the account, the woman lay in a pool of blood while her baby cried beside her, and when a nurse eventually attended to her, she allegedly did so harshly and without compassion
More..
https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/s1eu6ixnfx
= new reply since forum marked as read
