Among the appointments announced by Donald Trump for his future administration, we find Janette Nesheiwat. This 48-year-old woman is a doctor and is a familiar face to Americans as she is a medical contributor for Fox News. She will serve as Director of Public Health, or “Surgeon General” (Surgeon General of the United States).
The “New York Times” looked into Janette Nesheiwat’s past and revealed a terrible tragedy, which explains precisely why she turned to medicine: to save lives. When she was just a 13-year-old girl, she accidentally caused the death of her father.
The tragedy took place in a home in a small Florida town, Umatilla, in 1990. Little Janette Nesheiwat enters the room in which her father is sleeping. She is looking for a pair of scissors. In the darkness, she tries to grab a box containing fishing equipment from a shelf, but it escapes her. The box falls to the ground.
What’s next? “Something fell out of it and there was a loud noise,” she told police at the time, reports the American daily. “I saw blood on my father’s ear.” On the ground, a pistol. A shot had gone off when he fell. Hit in the head, Janette Nesheiwat’s father did not survive and died the next day in hospital. “Accidental shooting,” the court concluded.
Since becoming a public figure, explains the “New York Times”, Janette Nesheiwat has spoken several times about the death of her father, speaking of an “accident” without providing further details, and paying tribute to her mother, who found herself a widow to raise five children.
The future executive of the Trump administration, if her nomination is ratified by the Senate, is preparing to publish in the coming days her autobiography, “Beyond the Stethoscope: Miracles in Medicine”. She also recounts the tragedy, but without her unintentional involvement: “When I was 13, I watched my dear father die of an accident, helpless, while blood spurted everywhere. I could not save his life,” she wrote, before specifying: “It was the beginning of my personal journey in life to become a doctor.”
Janette Nesheiwa began her career as an emergency room doctor, then worked mainly in a private clinic before joining Fox News.
“She became a doctor because of the tragic accidental death of her father. She became a doctor to save lives, and this dedication to the lives of her fellow Americans is why President Trump appointed her,” commented a spokesperson for the transition team of the future tenant of the White House.
