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Fiona Stanley ‘ashamed’ after hospital bearing her name cancelled event featuring Palestinian Australian doctors (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by hanrahan@slrpnk.net to c/australia@aussie.zone

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Distinguished epidemiologist Prof Fiona Stanley said she was “deeply sad” and “ashamed” after the Fremantle hospital that bears her name abruptly cancelled a 2024 event featuring Palestinian Australian doctors speaking about their experiences in Gaza, and even thought about telling the institution to remove her name.

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[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 25 points 2 weeks ago

Mustafa noted that five days earlier, Royal Perth hospital had hosted a talk by an Israeli surgeon, who spoke about the 7 October Hamas attacks as a mass casualty event and received significant sympathetic media coverage.

“I am working as a doctor within [this system], and I’m not allowed to talk because they said it was too political,” Mustafa said. “There is a huge disparity here.”

What a surprise, yet again the powerful are handed the larger megaphone. I know its different hospital etc, bit lets see Royal Perth step up and take on this lecture as well then.