A Belgian radiologist wrote “Jewish” under the medical issues section of a patient’s Emergency Department report. This was first revealed when a censored version of the letter circulated on social media on Sunday.
The radiologist, Dr. Qassim Arkawazy at AZ Zeno Campus Knokke-Heist hospital, filled out the report for the patient, who is nine years old and was experiencing “trauma pain in the left forearm.”
Underneath the section “current problem,” Arkawazy wrote “Pain in the left forearm, fell from the climbing structure to the ground; a man fell on top of her” and subsequently “Jewish (Israeli).”
Reminiscent of 1930s Europe
Social media users were quick to point out that writing “Jewish (Israeli)” under medical issues is reminiscent of discriminatory practices from the 1930s in pre-Holocaust Europe, the implication being that the patient’s Jewish identity is a “problem.”
X/Twitter user SwordofSaolomon, who does open source research into antisemitic individuals, found that Arkawazy has shared myriad antisemitic and Islamist posts on Facebook. This includes an AI-generated image depicting hassidic Jews as vampires about to eat a sleeping baby, as well as a cartoon of several babies decapitated by the point of a Star of David.
The Jerusalem Post was unable to view the posts on Monday, as each of the ones reposted by SwordofSaloman has since been deleted by Arkawazy.
The Post contacted the hospital’s ombudsman for comment, but there was no response by press time.