Summary
Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Trump’s nominee for US surgeon general, was involved in a 1990 gun accident at age 13 that killed her father.
A handgun fell from a tackle box she knocked over, discharging and fatally wounding him.
Nesheiwat cites the tragedy as her inspiration to become a physician but omits specifics of the incident in her upcoming memoir.
If confirmed, she would replace Dr. Vivek Murthy, who declared gun violence a public health crisis.
The nomination highlights GOP opposition to addressing gun violence through public health policy.
I also expected better from The Guardian. This feels like it should be a sentence in a Wikipedia page not an article that introduces her to the public