Royal College of Nursing cuts ties with Israeli drug company

129 points by kiyomoris 10 hours ago on reddit | 13 comments

WhiteGold_Welder | 10 hours ago

Let's keep politics out of medicine, please.

AdRob5 | 6 hours ago

Politics has always been a part of medicine. Who do you think decides where hospitals get built, what research gets funded, or how doctors are trained?

S_A_N_D_ | 34 minutes ago

And sadly, what procedures are legal..

drfsrich | 9 hours ago

Supporting genocide seems rather counter to the Hippocratic oath though.

WhiteGold_Welder | 9 hours ago

Getting medicine for your patient isn't "supporting genocide."

sml6174 | 9 hours ago

>over the firm’s links to the country’s military and track record of corporate misconduct.

Yup that sounds like getting medicine for their patients to me

WhiteGold_Welder | 9 hours ago

So we're moving the goalposts now? That same thing applies to lots of other firms and companies, none of which the RCN have acted upon. My point stands.

sml6174 | 8 hours ago

Sucks to suck I guess

gophergun | 4 hours ago

Why not? They're not mutually exclusive.

Sea-Rip-9635 | 5 hours ago

Then tell lsræI to release Dr. Hussam Idris Abu Safiya and all the other doctors, nurses, paramedics being tortured in prisons without charge. Additionally, tell lsræI to stop bombing hospitals and paramedics.

WhiteGold_Welder | 5 hours ago

"Politics outside of medicine" =/= "let terrorists pretend to be doctors and then they can get away with crimes." Good try though.

Sea-Rip-9635 | 5 hours ago

Tell a lie often enough it becomes the truth.

Your bestie said that