British Jewish doctor says colleagues told him they’d let Israeli patient die

A Jewish British doctor who is immigrating to Israel has said doctors he met told him they would not treat patients who come from Israel even if their life was in danger.

Speaking to ITV News in a program on the rise in antisemitism, the London doctor, identified only as Baruch, said:

“It is very scary to me that I have met doctors who’ve said that they will not, point-blank, treat somebody who has come from certain areas of the world,” he said. “If they are dying in [the ER], I’ve been told by doctors that if they’re from Israel, then they will not treat that person. That to me is disgraceful.”

Baruch also says he has been threatened and berated on the streets repeatedly as a kippah-wearing Jew, including “Free Palestine” and “You don’t belong here.”

According to The Jewish Chronicle, the UK’s Department of Health called Baruch’s comments “shocking” and said that “it is unacceptable that people do not currently feel safe working in and using the health service.”

It acknowledged that “the medical healthcare professional regulatory system is failing to protect Jewish patients and NHS staff.”