"The General Medical Council (GMC) is investigating Dr Rahmeh Aladwan over posts and comments made across various social media platforms after several complaints, including from the Jewish Medical Association UK and the Campaign Against Antisemitism. The GMC counsel Emma Gilsenan told the MPTS hearing that Aladwan's posts included content that allegedly justifies terrorism, denies sexual violence, includes antisemitic conspiracy theories, misuses Holocaust and Nazi imagery and expresses support for proscribed groups and terrorist acts."
"She added that Aladwan, a British Palestinian trainee in trauma and orthopaedics, had allegedly referred to the Royal Free hospital in London as a Jewish supremacy cesspit, doxed NHS colleagues for raising concerns about her, and expressed explicit support for proscribed organisations such as Hamas and Palestine Action. Gilsenan submitted that it was unconscionable to consider that Dr Aladwan should be permitted to continue to practise."
"Aladwan's lawyer, Kevin Saunders, submitted that the posts fell into the category of legitimate political speech and debate and that she denied making racist or hate speech. He added that there was no information to suggest that Dr Aladwan presents a real and immediate risk to patient safety. In September, the MPTS ruled that it would not impose interim conditions on Aladwan's registration, saying it did not believe the complaints against her were sufficient to establish that there may be a real risk to patients."
Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, a British Palestinian trainee in trauma and orthopaedics, has been suspended for 15 months by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service pending a General Medical Council investigation into social media posts. Complaints were submitted by groups including the Jewish Medical Association UK and the Campaign Against Antisemitism. The GMC alleged posts justified terrorism, denied sexual violence, promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories, misused Holocaust and Nazi imagery, doxxed colleagues and expressed support for proscribed organisations. The defence characterised the posts as political speech and denied racist or hateful intent, arguing no immediate patient-safety risk existed. The tribunal cited potential impact on patient confidence and new information suggesting escalation.
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