Dr. Miqueas Martínez Secchi, an intensive care resident at the Jose de San Martín General Hospital in Argentina, was suspended this week after publishing extreme antisemitic messages on social media that included explicit calls for violence against Jews.
In one post, Martinez Secchi, who lives in the city of La Plata in Buenos Aires province, wrote that instead of performing circumcision, Jews should have “their throat artery and main artery cut from side to side.” The posts were exposed on Sunday by journalist and commentator Daniel Lerer on X, sparking immediate public outrage.
Following the exposure, Martinez Secchi deleted his social media account, but screenshots of the posts circulated widely and prompted sharp reactions from human rights organizations, Jewish groups and across Argentine public opinion.
Buenos Aires provincial Health Minister Nicolas Kreplak condemned the remarks in a post on X, saying that “any aggressive message or disregard for human life is incompatible with the practice of medicine. These are fundamental values in the training of health professionals.”
Kreplak said health is “one of society’s essential assets” and stressed the need to act decisively against all forms of discrimination and racism. He added that authorities condemn antisemitism just as firmly as racism directed at Indigenous communities, Muslims, or any ethnic, religious or sexual identity group.
The minister said Martinez Secchi “is currently suspended and undergoing both an administrative and judicial investigation.” He added that an ethical, technical and professional committee will review the case and determine whether the resident can return to his medical training, noting that the decision also takes into account “previous behaviors” that have now come to light.
Separately, attorney Jorge Monastersky filed a criminal complaint against Martinez Secchi, alleging possible offenses including public incitement to murder, incitement to hatred and violence, threats and glorification of crime. The case was submitted to a federal court in Comodoro Py, and the investigation is ongoing.
Martinez Secchi, a native of Gualeguaychu in Entre Rios province in northeastern Argentina, was living in La Plata during his residency. He graduated four years ago from the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Medicine.
On his social media profiles, the suspended doctor described himself as a graduate of Argentina’s public university system and frequently shared content about his life as a student and physician. In October 2024, he published a lengthy post criticizing President Javier Milei and government budget cuts affecting public universities.
“Throughout my career I developed thanks to professors who devoted much of their lives to training future professionals like me,” he wrote at the time. “I am proud not only to have graduated from a public university, but also to have taught neurophysiology, endocrinology and gastrointestinal physiology for four years.”
In the same post, he criticized Milei’s government, arguing that education “is not a privilege and certainly not a business.”
Despite the inflammatory content, Martinez Secchi had maintained active profiles on Threads, Instagram and Facebook, where he often posted photos of his pets, images from his medical studies, pictures wearing Argentina’s national soccer jersey and content related to video games.