Donald Trump’s pick for his new US surgeon-general accidentally killed her father in a freak accident when she was just 13 years old.
Dr Janette Nesheiwat is set to take the position of the “nation’s top doctor” after Trump is sworn in at his inauguration on January 20.
The successful doctor was inspired to pursue a career in medicine following a family tragedy that took place when she was just a teenager.
The then 13-year-old was searching for a pair of scissors that were located on a shelf above her father’s bed. She opened a fishing tackling box to search but the whole thing then tipped over.
Dr Janette Nesheiwat was inspired to pursue a career in medicine following a family tragedy that took place when she was just a teenager
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A handgun fell out of the box, which discharged and struck her father in the head whilst he was sleeping.
“Something fell out of it and there was a loud noise. I saw blood on my father’s ear,” she told police back in 1990.
Ben Nesheiwat, who was just 44 at the time, was declared dead the next day whilst in hospital.
Police categorised the incident as an “accidental shooting,” according to The New York Times. According to the publication, a memoir being published later this month will mention the incident in its first sentence.
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Nesheiwat is set to take the position of the “nation’s top doctor” after Trump is sworn in at his inauguration on January 20
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In her 2017 memoir, Beyond the Stethoscope, the doctor discussed the impact the tragedy had on her family, though never discussed her involvement in her father’s death.
“When I was 13 years old I helplessly watched my dear father dying from an accident as blood was spurting everywhere. I couldn’t save his life. This was the start of my personal journey in life to become a physician,” she wrote in the very first sentence of that memoir.
She has spent the past 15 years as an urgent care doctor for CityMD, a for-profit chain of clinics around New York City.
Nesheiwat was announced by Trump as his pick for the role of surgeon general on November 22.
Nesheiwat was announced by Trump as his pick for the role of surgeon general on November 22
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If her nomination is confirmed, she will replace Dr Vivek Murthy. He is the first US surgeon general to declare gun violence as a public health crisis.
Announcing her nomination, Trump said: ““Her expertise and leadership have been pivotal during some of the most challenging Healthcare crises of our time.
He also noted that Nesheiwat worked on the frontlines in New York City at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Dr Nesheiwat will play a pivotal role in MAKING AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN,” he said.
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