An investigation into British Columbia's health care system has found widespread anti-Indigenous racism and discrimination, resulting in misdiagnoses, trauma and, in some cases, death.

The report, by former judge and BC Child and Youth Advocate, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, could not substantiate the allegation that sparked the investigation: namely, that some emergency room physicians, nurses and others played a game called "The Price is Right" that awarded prizes for guessing the blood-alcohol level of Indigenous patients. Turpel-Lafond says she found only isolated incidents of the game but her investigation uncovered a much larger problem. It found 84 per cent of Indigenous people who took part in the investigation experienced racism or discrimination when seeking health care, more than a third of non-Indigenous health care workers reported witnessing racist acts in health care settings and more than half of indigenous health care workers reported being discriminated against by their work colleagues.

The report documents hundreds of incidents where Indigenous people were stereotyped as alcoholics, drug addicts, bad parents and people incapable of adhering to treatment or medical advice. Turpel-Lafond says that racist stereotyping has led to traumatic and dangerous results.