- The Cleveland Clinic confirmed on Monday that a resident who posted anti-Semitic messages online is no longer employed by the prestigious medical center.
- Between 2011 and 2017, Dr. Lara Kollab posted several anti-Semitic remarks online including one in which she reportedly said she would “purposely give all the [Jews] the wrong meds.”
- The comments were first reported by Canary Mission, an organisation that tracks individuals and organisations who “promote hatred of the USA, Israel and Jews on North American college campuses.”
The Cleveland Clinic confirmed on Monday that a medical resident who was outed for tweeting anti-Semitic posts is no longer employed by the prestigious hospital.
The hospital wouldn’t say directly whether Dr. Lara Kollab was fired for the racist tweets, but its statement said it “was recently made aware of comments posted to social media by a former employee” and that “she is no longer working at Cleveland Clinic.”
“In no way do these beliefs reflect those of our organisation,” the Cleveland Clinic added in its statement. “We fully embrace diversity, inclusion and a culture of safety and respect across our entire health system.”
Kollab worked as a supervised resident at the hospital from July to September of 2018, the clinic said.
Read the article by Ashley Kollman in Business Insider Australia.