[Avodah] Rav Moshe Feinstein: Choosing A Frum Doctor?

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 08:49:37AM -0400, Rich, Joel wrote:
::> Extra credit: what if 2 doctors are equally qualified, 1 frum, 1 not, 
::> and it's shabbat, which one should treat you (involving otherwise 
::> torah prohibited activities)if it is life threatening?

:: Frum Dr.
:: Mitzvah Goreret Mitzvah.
...
:: Liron

: And if these 2 doctors were joined by a non Jewish one?

My understanding is that piquach nefesh cases, in particular those that
have witnesses, should be handled by the greatest talmid chakham present,
so that it is remembered if ch"v anyone around or who hears the story
is in that situation in a subsequent Shabbos.

Here's a story as retold by RJR
<http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol12/v12n107.shtml#13>:
> To be exact - as brought down in The Rav...

...which is a selections of quotes and translations of quotes of things
RYBS said...

>                                      ... - it was a nonJewish doctor who
> was examining R'YBS and R' Chaim asked whether it would help to turn the
> lamp up. The doctor said it wouldn't be a bad idea. R' Chaim told R'
> Moshe to turn it up, R' Moshe intuitively exclaimed "It's the Sabbath,
> ask the doctor if he really needs more light."

> R'YBS remembers his grandfather got angry and told R' Simcha Selig (the
> dayan of Brisk) that his son was an ignoramous, he did not understand
> that the Sabbath plays no role when there is danger to life. The Brisker
> Dayan then immediately turned the lamp up!

> In a footnote R' Rakeffet notes that R'YBS didn't know why R' Chaim
> didn't turn the light up himself.

The answer I would suggest (just guessing out of thin air) is that RCS
wanted Brisk's *poseiq* to do it for the above reason.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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