David Chesterman, brother of a wounded IDF soldier hospitalized at Rambam Hospital, said Sunday evening that Arabic-speaking staff locked the family out of the ward and refused to attend to his brother. Chesterman described the shift as 'hostile' and said the door was locked after the family asked for care.
Earlier Sunday, The Zioneer reported a separate allegation by Yehoshua Shani, father of fallen Lt. Ori Shani, who claimed his nephew, a wounded soldier, was left unattended and begging for water at Rambam Hospital during a night shift staffed entirely by Arabic-speaking personnel. Later Sunday, Channel 14 reported that wounded soldiers at Rambam were left without security and that medical staff were unresponsive, amid questions about a nationalist motive.
In the latest account, David Chesterman, brother of a wounded soldier, told Channel 14 journalist Yinon Magal that hours after his brother regained consciousness, a 'hostile shift' of Arabic-speaking workers locked the family out of the ward. 'We asked them to look after him, but they locked the door on us,' Chesterman said.
The allegations are based on a single source and have not been independently verified. The Zioneer will continue to follow the story.
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