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Tuesday, May 07, 2002"During April 2002 an article appeared in the Jerusalem Post citing that the WMA was to consider expelling the Israel Medical Association because of their inability to help solve the Middle East conflict. This statement was a complete hoax, with no basis of truth. Since then the WMA has received up to 20 000 e-mail messages per day to protest against this plan. THe WMA Secretary-General, Dr. Delon Human, stated: "The WMA has received no request whatsoever for the Israel Medical Association to be expelled. As responsible leaders of the global medical community, we do however want to analyze, in detail, the violations of human rights to our physician colleagues and patients, on both sides, and then do something about it." The WMA council will meet from 2 to 5 May 2002 to discuss the medical aspects of the crisis in the Middle East, amongst other issues." They also go on to condemn the use of ambulances as bomb conveyances. I'm glad to hear that it was a hoax. The story shook my confidence in the integrity of my profession. I'm sorry, though, that I was taken in by the Jerusalem Post article. I thought it was a reliable newspaper. posted by Sydney on 5/07/2002 07:12:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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