11/04/2013

Report claims doctors aided alleged CIA torture

Report claims doctors aided alleged CIA torture - CBS News
"Last summer, more than 100 detainees at the U.S. Navy base of Guantanamo in Cuba went on hunger strike; many were forced-fed through tubes shoved down their noses and into their stomachs, a practice condemned by human rights groups.
"It's clear that in the name of national security the military trumped that covenant, and physicians were transformed into agents of the military and performed acts that were contrary to medical ethics and practice. We have a responsibility to make sure this never happens again," said Task Force member Dr. Gerald Thomson, Professor of Medicine Emeritus at Columbia University."


1 comment:

  1. So much for the Hippocratic oath ... everything is lost when those who take an oath to save no longer live by that commitment.

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