{"id":24197,"date":"2020-11-30T21:31:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T02:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=24197"},"modified":"2020-12-01T10:02:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:02:22","slug":"review-of-bc-healthcare-system-finds-widespread-anti-indigenous-racism-and-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/review-of-bc-healthcare-system-finds-widespread-anti-indigenous-racism-and-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"BC healthcare system review finds widespread anti-Indigenous racism and discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/div>\n
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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.<\/div>\n
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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.<\/div>\n
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