H-1B row: Trump aide Harmeet K Dhillon says US’ medical system is damaged, ‘My father was a foreign medical graduate’

Indian-origin Trump official Harmeet K Dhillon stated US’ medical system is damaged.

Donald Trump administration’s Assistant Attorney General, India-born Harmeet K Dhillon, waded into the continuing H-1B row and slammed the US medical system. Citing the instance of his father who was a foreign medical graduate and, Dhillon stated her father was the one orthopedic surgeon for over 15 years in a rural North Carolina farming county. “Throughout America, there are shortages of qualified specialists, whether foreign born or otherwise,” Dhillon stated.The submit got here amid an ongoing H-1B row regarding the medical area within the US. Republican senator Greg Murphy lately opined that H-1B visas are important to handle the scarcity of medical doctors within the US. “H1-B Visas are critical for helping alleviate the severe physician shortage this nation faces. We cannot train enough American Doctors fast enough. We can’t let lack of knowledge of the importance of this program to affect patient care,” Greg Murphy, who is additionally a urologist, posted drawing flak on social media. Dhillon’s anecdote about her father and uncle got here in assist of what Murphy stated as Dhillon stated there is no use of “scapegoating” foreign-born medical doctors and claiming that H-1Bs are taking all medical jobs. “Our medical system is broken. American medical schools teach that gender is a social construct, that sex is not determined at birth, that drugs can fix everything. Worse, admissions to these schools are based on affirmative action and not merit. Hardworking white and Asian Americans are disadvantaged in admissions,” Dhillon stated. “Perhaps we can address the problems with American medical education and the artificial supply limitations without scapegoating the foreign-born doctors who provide a critically necessary service throughout the country. Lying about and generalizing concerning the quality of their care (all board certified doctors have to pass the same tests every 10 years) or falsely claiming that H1-Bs are taking the medical school places of Americans, doesn’t advance any intelligent discussion about the issues,” Dhillon added.Like Murphy, Dhillon too was trolled for siding with foreign professionals and inspiring H-1B. “The H1B system is broken and needs reform. What does that have to do with medical education? Nothing, and it’s lazy to conflate the two broken systems,” Dhillon stated. “I’m in favor of doubling our domestic med school capacity. It will take decades to do this. Meanwhile, Americans need good doctors. I have a hard time getting doctors in DC, of any background!” Dhillon wrote.