Saturday, April 4, 2020

Stop Silencing Doctors: A Clinician Manifesto

PLEASE WATCH. PLEASE SHARE. THIS NEEDS TO GO VIRAL. 
Thank you. ― Molly


To every hospital administrator who thinks it's OK to silence us during COVID-19: we will NEVER forget this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvlqh0JN55M&app=desktop 

https://zdoggmd.com/covid-manifesto/ 

Given reports that doctors and other medical professionals are being silenced about coronavirus conditions, the country’s two largest physician groups say doctors have the right to be heard.

Both the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) issued statements Wednesday supporting the rights of physicians to speak out on COVID-19 care conditions.

Both also said they support the right of physicians to bring their own personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks, respirators and eye protection if their healthcare systems cannot provide the equipment needed to protect them from coronavirus exposure.

The statements come amid reports that doctors and nurses across the country are being told not to speak to the media and not to post on social media about their experiences, including a lack of PPE.

In one case, an emergency room physician, Ming Lin, M.D., who worked at Peace­Health St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Washington, was fired after he publicly criticized the hospital’s coronavirus response.

In a video on his website, popular doctor Zubin Damania, M.D., although he is better known as social media star ZDoggMD, reacted to the news, posting what he called “A COVID Clinician Manifesto” to stop silencing doctors.


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