Germany: Public Hospital Fires Senior Pediatric Surgeon Following AfD Candidacy

A senior pediatric surgeon has been dismissed with immediate effect by a publicly owned German hospital after standing as an Alternative for Germany candidate, raising uncomfortable questions about political freedom in the workplace.

According to reports from Remix News and those in Germany’s press, Dr. Svetlana Spirina lost not only her bid for local office but, shortly afterward, her position at Klinikum Lippe.

“A female doctor from Lower Saxony, who ran for the AfD, has been dismissed. This is outrageous and an attack on democracy! Candidacy for a public office is, like the right to vote, a cornerstone of the democratic orde...