Doctor who lost job over Texas flood post says sorry for ‘regrettable comment’

Dr Christina Propst apologizes after Blue Fish Pediatrics said she was no longer an employee' because of post

A pediatrician who is no longer working for a chain of clinics affiliated with a prominent Houston hospital system after a social media post that wished voters in a Donald-Trump supporting county of central Texas get what they voted for" amid flash flooding that killed nearly 120 - including many children - has publicly apologized.

I speak to you as a mother, a neighbor, a pediatrician, and a human being who is deeply sorry," Dr Christina Propst wrote after Blue Fish Pediatrics announced Sunday she was no longer an employee there because of a social media post that the clinic said did not reflect the value, standards or mission" of the chain. I take full responsibility for a social media comment I made before we knew that so many precious lives were lost to the terrible tragedy in central Texas.