Posted on 12/29/2006 11:11:17 AM PST by Eurotwit
An American woman has been refused treatment by a doctor in Blekinge in southern Sweden because of her nationality. The woman's husband has now reported the incident to the Medical Responsibility Board.
Valery Johansson, who lives in a small town just outside Nashville, Tennessee, was in Sweden to celebrate Christmas with her husband's family.
On Christmas Day, worried that she may have contracted strep throat, she sought medical help. Her husband and niece made an appointment for her at a clinic in the town of Karlshamn.
"We went up there and the nurses were really nice. They did some swab tests, which they then passed on to a doctor," Johansson told The Local.
But when the American woman, accompanied by her husband and niece, went to meet the doctor in his treatment room, he declined to examine her.
Rather than introduce himself, the doctor waved the patient's papers and shouted "she doesn't have strep throat, she doesn't have strep throat". He then added that he would not treat her.
"He said he didn't like Americans," said Johansson.
He also disliked hearing English spoken in his treatment room and soon walked out.
"We just couldn't believe it. We were left standing there with our mouths hanging open," said Johansson.
According to Johansson, the doctor was a Palestinian who objected to American foreign policy in the Middle East.
Her niece followed the doctor into the office to confront him but was told: "I don't deal with people like that".
When Johansson returned to the clinic the following day she was met by a manager, who apologised and encouraged her to report the matter to the Medical Responsibility Board.
The nurses were also embarrassed by the doctor's behaviour and repaid the 820 kronor that Johansson had handed over in advance for her treatment. They too advised her to report the doctor.
In the report Johansson has claimed that she was discriminated against on ethnic grounds.
Before returning to the United States at the beginning of January she also intends reporting the incident to the American Embassy in Stockholm.
You mean he should really go for a boycott full hog...I mean... eh....well, you know.
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Knew a Swede I worked with. She was a mess. She was very nice, but screwed up and thought working in America was torture. She went back to Sweden. Her sisters were sad because they loved American products.
Yes, Old Europe dying is a very bad thing! Old Europe was merely annoying and peculiar, often rude and sometimes smelly. New Eurabia is much worse!
I like your style..........
In post #64 I posted a link to a local paper - local to the hospital in question that is. I also posted how to post a comment. (Except when you have filled in the text box click on the button below once. And wait, and wait...)
Have a go, but please be polite. The effect will be much better. The more the merrier.
He needs a very special gift in return. as he appears to be over 50, I would suggest impalement in lieu of a colonoscopy..
seems the doctor was true to his faith of seeing non-believers as less than human.
This doctor must have been a real jerk to the staff too if they were so quick to suggest reporting him.
If I took an ailing female relative to a doctor, and said doctor refused to treat her because she was an American (or for any other reason), I would be in jail and the doctor would be in intensive care.
There are slobs everywhere. Most people are not like that.
Did you read the article? The doctor in question is a Palestinian Arab.
I had a Palestinian doctor. He was a very good one who didn't bring his politics into his office. But revoke this sucker's license.
In post #64 I described how to post comments to the local newspaper. A lot of comments from the US would probably cause some interest.
I have also contacted a few conservative, libertarian blogs. Let's see what effect, if any that will have. Unfortunately this occurs just prior to the New Year. People are away on holidays, celebrating, and the newspapers are closed on Monday. Perfect time to just let a story slip by. The bloggers, however, are still awake...
My dentist is a Palestinian and we've had no problems at all. Of course he grew up in Arlington, Virginia.
Palestinian Doctors only specialize in amputations anyway.
Always good to have the facts on the ground. Thanks, ScaniaBoy! Hope you and your countrymen are doing well, we are concerned for you.
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