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NSW Health nurses suspended over antisemitic video
Paul Karp NSW political correspondent
Feb 12, 2025 – 11.48am
Two nurses at Sydney’s Bankstown hospital have been stood down by NSW Health after an antisemitic video emerged online of them claiming they would refuse to treat and would kill Israeli patients.
State Health Minister Ryan Park said the video was the most “vile, shocking and appalling video” he had ever seen, and would be investigated by both NSW Health and the NSW Police, including for potential breach of hate speech laws. Police confirmed that Strike Force Pearl was investigating.
The NSW Health Department has called in police after footage surfaced appearing to show Bankstown Hospital workers bragging about killing Israeli patients.
In the video, a woman in a NSW Health uniform claims that she “won’t treat” Israeli patients and would “kill them”, while a man who falsely identified himself as a doctor said he had “literally sent” Israel patients to “jahannam” (hell).
Mr Park said the two had been identified and stood down just hours after the video – believed to have been taken during a night shift on Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning – was shown to the government.
At a media conference at NSW parliament, Mr Park addressed the Jewish community, saying he was “very sorry” and promising the two nurses “will not ever be working for NSW Health again”.
“There is no place in our hospitals or health system for this sort of view to ever take place.”
The investigation includes a referral to the Health Care Complaints Commission, to include the standard of care the hospital and nurses have given patients.
But Mr Park said that after an initial rapid review of patient incidents, the hospital appeared to be operating with the proper level of safety and care of patients.
NSW Health Minister Ryan Park says two hospital workers filmed making antisemitic comments and bragging about killing Israeli patients have been stood down, with a police investigation now under way.
The video was published by a Jewish influencer who encouraged followers to share it to ensure the nurses he interviewed were fired. “There’s no way such people should work in medicine,” he said in the video.
In the video the woman tells the influencer, “It’s Palestine’s country, not your country you piece of shit.” The man says: “I’m a doctor, my man, in a hospital. You’re going to get killed and you’re going to go to jahannam, inshallah [God willing].”
Premier Chris Minns said the video was “hugely distressing” and would be met with a full response from NSW Health and NSW Police.
He told 2GB Radio the pair “will not be back in the NSW Health system” but a full investigation was required to make sure “there’s not a glimmer of hope of some kind of administrative turnback”.
NSW Health secretary Susan Pearce condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the behaviour of the two nurses. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be standing here with two staff members of NSW Health system having said such horrendous things about our community, particularly our Jewish community.”
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler, said the video “makes me sick to my stomach”.
“The idea that you would single out a particular group in our community and indicate you wouldn’t care for them runs against every single principle in our healthcare system,” Mr Butler said in a statement.
“At a time of unprecedented antisemitism in our country, this is a particularly sickening video.”
– with Tom McIlroy
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What a lovely pair! I am amazed to see such hate-filled material from health professionals in Australia. Pretty sad to say the least!
This pair really should go back to where they came from! They are not worthy of living here IMVHO!
David.
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