Following the storm at Rambam - a doctor at the hospital protests: "The gap between the lies and reality is unbearable"

Dr. Nitzan Shmouli, a doctor at Rambam, responds to an inciting and racist post against Arab doctors, and describes the devoted care of a mixed team. The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Moshe Bar Siman Tov, visited the hospital, backed the teams, and dismissed the complaints. Activists of "Standing Together" demonstrated solidarity. The families claim mistreatment of an injured soldier.

Dr. Nitzan Shmouli, a doctor at Rambam Hospital, published a response post today (Tuesday) to the severe accusations leveled against doctors of Arab origin at the hospital. She opened with a description of a busy shift in intensive care, noting that she was the doctor who received the four wounded soldiers, while the brother of one of them complained about the treatment. Shmouli emphasized the intensive work of the mixed nursing team, Arabs and Jews, who saved their lives, and the gap between "the lies on the network" and reality. She expressed understanding of the difficulty of the wounded, but stated that racism and incitement have no legitimacy. Meanwhile, the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Moshe Bar Siman Tov, visited the hospital, met with families and teams, backed the management, and dismissed the complaints. He cited a CBS survey in which the health system received the highest trust. Activists of the "Standing Together" movement distributed flowers to the teams. Background: families of a wounded soldier raised serious allegations about treatment, including locking doors and alleged abuse.

Following the storm at Rambam - a doctor at the hospital protests: "The gap between the lies and reality is unbearable"