A doctor who was removed as an attending physician in the emergency room of Walter Reed Medical Center three months after criticizing President Donald Trump on Twitter for taking a ride outside the hospital while being treated for COVID-19 to thank supporters gathered there says he “regret(s) nothing.”
Dr. James Phillips returned to Twitter on Sunday to thank fellow staff at Walter Reed following his final shift.
“Today, I worked my final shift at Walter Reed ER,” Phillips wrote. “I will miss the patients and my military and civilian coworkers – they have been overwhelmingly supportive. I’m honored to have worked there and I look forward to new opportunities. I stand by my words, and I regret nothing.”
Phillips worked at Walter Reed under contract through George Washington Medical Faculty Associates, who removed him from the schedule and told CBS News that Phillips remained on staff at the GWU Hospital in Washington. CBS News did not say how long Phillips had worked at Walter Reed.
"While we cannot comment on the scheduling assignments of our providers, we can confirm that he continues to be employed at the GW Medical Faculty Associates," according to Lisa Anderson, the assistant director of media relations at George Washington University School of Medicine.
Phillips excoriated Trump for his short excursion in an Oct. 4 Twitter post since deleted.
"Every single person...in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days,” he wrote, apparently discounting that Secret Service would have to guard Trump regardless. “They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theater. This is insanity."
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