AN American hospital has fired a resident over anti-Semitic comments and threats to give Jewish people “the wrong meds” surfaced on social media.
Lara Kollab was identified as the fired employee behind the comments. She worked as a supervised resident at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio from July to September, Fox News reported.
“She is no longer working at Cleveland Clinic. In no way do these beliefs reflect those of our organisation. We fully embrace diversity, inclusion and a culture of safety and respect across our entire health system,” the Cleveland Clinic said in a statement posted online.
Ms Kollab’s anti-Semitic comments were first documented by Canary Mission, a group that examines social media accounts to find anti-Semitic and anti-Israel remarks.
Among the comments were threats to mistreat Jewish patients. “Hahha ewww. I’ll purposely give all the [Jews] the wrong meds,” she wrote in a 2012 tweet.
In multiple other posts on Twitter, she called for violence against the Jewish people, called them “dogs,” compared them to the Nazis, and minimised the Holocaust.
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