Dr. Ben Carson Calls Out the Left’s Politicization of Medicine: ‘Patients Should Never Fear Political Bias’

As readers of the Gateway Pundit know, there have been multiple disturbing recent cases of people who work in healthcare saying things on social media that are horrifying.

A nurse from VCU Health in Virginia was just dismissed from her job after encouraging people to poison and/or drug ICE agents. We saw a similar thing happen after the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Dr. Ben Carson, one of the most revered pediatric neuro-surgeons in the country, recently spoke out against this.

He wrote an opinion piece for FOX News. Here’s an excerpt:

We all have deeply-held beliefs, and, thankfully, we live in a nation where we can freely express our ideas without fear of government oppression. That freedom is one of our nation’s greatest strengths. But freedom also comes with responsibility — especially for those entrusted with the lives of others. Recently, several shocking incidents have brought to light a disturbing trend: Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals are putting politics and ideology ahead of their duty to protect the health and safety of their patients.

The examples are legion. A nurse in Florida posted on TikTok wishing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt a severe fourth-degree tear during childbirth.

A nurse in Virginia uploaded a video suggesting ways to injure ICE agents, urging viewers to “make their lives miserable.” Detectives in New York City who were injured while making an arrest were reportedly treated rudely and disrespectfully by hospital workers because staff suspected that they were ICE agents…

Trust and morality are the bedrock of good healthcare. Unfortunately, that trust has already been tested and broken in recent years. The poor handling of COVID-19, combined with widespread misinformation about vaccines and the efficacy of masking, to name just two, left many Americans skeptical of the health care providers and the public health establishment generally…

Medical misconduct includes breaches of ethical duty and intentional bias. When health care professionals publicly wish harm on someone they have never met, they violate the most fundamental principles of their profession. How can patients be expected to trust a system in which those entrusted with their lives might treat them differently because of their views, religion or background?

Of course, Dr. Carson is right about all of this.

People on the left who work in healthcare and medicine need to learn to set aside their politics. They work in a profession that requires an immense amount of trust from individuals and the public at large.

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