A Belgian physician who refused to treat a Jewish woman with a fractured rib suggested she visit Gaza to get rid of the pain.<\/p>\n
The physician made the remark on Wednesday while manning a medical hotline in Flanders, Belgium\u2019s Flemish region, whose capital, Antwerp, has a sizeable Orthodox Jewish population, the local Jewish monthly Joods Actueel reported Thursday.<\/p>\n
The woman, Bertha Klein, had her son, who is American, call the hotline at 11 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not coming,\u201d the doctor reportedly told the son and hung up. When the son called again, the doctor said: \u201cSend her to Gaza for a few hours, then she\u2019ll get rid of the pain.\u201d According to Joods Actueel, the doctor confirmed the exchange, saying he had an \u201cemotional reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Health ministry officials were looking into the incident, according to the monthly\u2019s online edition. According to Joods Actueel, the doctor knew the patient was Jewish because of Klein\u2019s son\u2019s American accent.<\/p>\n
The family called a friend, Samuel Markowitz, who is an alderman of the Antwerp district council and a volunteer paramedic. He called the doctor to confirm the exchange, and also recorded their conversation.<\/p>\n
Hershy Taffel, Bertha Klein\u2019s grandson, filed a complaint with police for discrimination.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt reminds me of what happened in Europe 70 years ago,\u201d Taffel told Joods Actueel. \u201cI never thought those days would once again be repeated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joods Actueel editor-in-chief Michael Freilich said the incident is particularly alarming because it comes amid a string of recent incidents which involved boycotts against Jews in Belgium since the start of Israel\u2019s attack on Hamas in Gaza on July 8.<\/p>\n
Since then, an Orthodox Jewish woman was refused service at a clothes store in Antwerp, and police removed a sign in French and Turkish from a caf\u00e9 near Liege which said dogs were allowed but Zionists and Jews were not.<\/p>\n
Source: Jerusalem Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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