FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF RUMANIAN BAR ASSOCIATIONS, MEDICAL UNIONS TODAY LAUNCHED A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN FOR RESTRICTION OF JEWS IN THE PROFESSION.
A CONGRESS OF THE INFLUENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITAL INTERNES ADOPTED A RESOLUTION DEMANDING “ROMANIZATION” OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, LISTING THE FOLLOWING MAJOR REQUESTS:
1. THAT ONLY CHRISTIAN DOCTORS BE EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPALITIES, AND JEWISH DOCTORS BE NOT PERMITTED TO PRACTICE IN CHRISTIAN HOSPITALS;
2. THAT A NUMERUS CLAUSUS BE INSTITUTED IN UNIVERSITIES;
3. THAT DOCTORS HOLDING FOREIGN DIPLOMAS BE FORBIDDEN TO PRACTICE IN RUMANIA;
4. RE-EXAMINATION OF ALL MEDICAL DIPLOMAS OBTAINED IN FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES AFTER 1918.
THE FOURTH REQUEST HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT INTO EFFECT BY THE RUMANIAN GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS ORDERED RE-EXAMINATION OF FOREIGN DIPLOMAS ON THE ALLEGATION THAT MANY WERE SPURIOUS. A MAJORITY OF THE AFFECTED DOCTORS ARE JEWS WHO WERE FORCED TO STUDY ABROAD BECAUSE OF ANTI-SEMITIC TERRORISM AT RUMANIAN COLLEGES.
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