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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nA row erupted involving diversity in medical training after an anti\u2011vaccine campaigner criticised a Texas hospital residency programme for having only international graduates.Mary Talley Bowden posted on X where she commented on the incoming internal medicine residents at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. Her post mentioned that all 13 first\u2011year internal medicine trainees were international medical graduates, with six of them from medical schools in Pakistan. Some of them were also from India. It drew attention because of the complete absence of US medical graduates in that particular group.The residency programme is based at a community hospital that serves a large regional population and fills its positions through the National Resident Matching Programme. Publicly available information shows the names and medical schools of the 2025 intake. The class includes doctors from Jordan, the United Kingdom, Syria, Egypt, India and Pakistan, all of whom graduated from non\u2011US medical schools.Bowden is a Houston\u2011based board\u2011certified ear, nose and throat surgeon, founder of BreatheMD and a well\u2011known advocate against vaccine mandates.Her post drew a reply from commentator Richard Hanania on social media. In response, Hanania wrote: \u201cIt\u2019s funny because this woman is an anti\u2011vaxxer. At least the Pakistanis won\u2019t kill their patients.\u201dThe exchange touched on sensitive issues around medical training, immigration and patient safety. Social media users said Bowden\u2019s post unfairly singled out doctors because they trained abroad and fuelled stereotypes about international medical graduates. Historical match data shows the Beaumont internal medicine programme has a high proportion of international graduates compared with the national average, which typically sees about 44 per cent of internal medicine positions filled by international medical graduates.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n