Surgeon General Nominee’s Childhood Tragedy: Accidental Gun Discharge Claimed Father’s Life

Janette Nesheiwat was inspired to become a doctor after an accident with a gun in her childhood.

 

Nesheiwat, then 13 years old accidentally knocked a gun over, which fired, and shot her dad in the head. The New York Times broke the story of this tragedy in February 1990.

 

Nesheiwat reached up for the fishing tackle box that was on a shelf over her father’s bed. Instead of picking it, she knocked a.380 caliber handgun over.

 

Documents reviewed by the outlet show that she said, “Something fell from it and there was a loud noise.” “I saw blood on my father’s ear.”

 

 

According to The Orlando Sentinel, she also said that before calling 911 she had gotten her dad a towel and some ice. The responding officers called the incident an “accidental shooting.”

 

Ziad Ben Nesheiwat died after being hospitalized for a day.

 

Nesheiwat, who has publicly referred to her father’s death multiple times, has never spoken of her involvement in the accident.

 

She wrote in the first sentence of “Beyond the Stethoscope, Miracles in Medicine,” her memoir, which will be published in December: “When I turned 13 years old, I watched helplessly as my father died from an accident, blood gushing everywhere. I couldn’t help him.”

 

She writes, “This was my journey to become a doctor and enter the healing arts world.”

 

 

Nesheiwat must be confirmed by the Senate. She will replace Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General if confirmed. He declared in July that firearm violence was a public health crisis in America.

 

What is Janette Nsheiwat all about?

 

She is listed on the Fox News website as a contributing contributor. The site states that she serves as medical director for CityMD, an urgent care network in New York and New Jersey.

 

According to her website, Nesheiwat is a double board-certified medical doctor and graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. It also notes that she has led medical relief missions in Haiti, Ukraine, and Africa.