Investigations launched, NSW Health nurses stood down over video making threatening comments about Israeli patients

Two NSW Health nurses have been stood down after video emerged showing them bragging about killing and refusing to treat Israeli patients.

The clip was shared by content creator Max Veifer speaking to Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, both of whom have been confirmed to be health workers from Bankstown Hospital in Sydney’s south-west.

It is one of several videos on Mr Veifer’s account that feature conversations with people in different parts of the world — mainly the Middle East — on the app Chatruletka, which connects users with others at random.

When Mr Veifer tells Mr Nadir he is from Israel, he responds that he will be killed and go to “Jahannam”, a place akin to hell in Islam.

“I’m so upset that you’re Israeli,” Mr Nadir says.

Read more: ABC News (Australia)