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It is sad that we are constantly playing 'systemic racism bingo', but here we are. The 'drunken native' stereotype continues to cost lives... https://globalnews.ca/news/7085230/bc-health-care-racist-allegations/?fbclid=IwAR0nlHLlfJYybSuJhfHD18_HhYGKxEWL9hfIqggWqtuqfYTskrf7uUW5GZY
There was Victor Kaludjak, whose erratic behaviour was taken for drunkenness, which he later died from: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/victor-kaludjak-rankin-inlet-health-centre-coroner-s-inquest-1.4235930
There was Brian Sinclair, who died in an emergency waiting room after waiting for what was later determined to be 34 hours. He was a double amputee and had a blocked catheter. Staff thought he was drunk:
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There was Paul Kayuryuk, who the RCMP locked up thinking he was drunk but had a stroke: https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/2017/08/02/rcmp-locked-up-a-man-who-they-assumed-was-drunk-but-was-actually-having-fatal-stroke.html
There was Hugh Papik, whose stroke was taken as just being drunk: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/hugh-papik-aklavik-stroke-death-review-recommendations-1.4001279
22 years ago, my cousin was assaulted in Calgary. Unconscious (he tried to take a cab home), he was put police custody for 3 days until they realized he wasn’t waking up. He was in the hospital for 10 years with severe brain damage before passing away.
Aside from mistaken drunkenness, read Yvonne Johnson's "A Stolen Life" and see what happens on the daily to people who need to be hospitalized for alcohol poisoning.
