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And canada already has a history of racism when it comes to disease. It was made illegal for an indigenous person to flee a hospital if they had TB, even though the hospitals were doing medical experiments on them (Lung Resting, where they removed a piece of rib and flooded the- https://twitter.com/blueravenart/status/1349945148122120193
-lung cavity with air, so the lung collapsed. There was no anesthesia or painkillers used.) White people were prescribed bed rest and fresh air while indigenous people were surgically maimed. And white people didnt want Indigenous people to infect them with TB, which led to-
The construction of multiple ''Indian Hospitals'' which received a third the funding of White Hospitals (iirc patients were fed on 3$ a day while white patients were fed 10$ a day) buildings were so dilapidated their hospitals were full of mould and lacked heat, and in one-
- the maternity ward and the tuberculosis ward were the same room. You had mothers giving birth to babies next to people dying from an infectious disease.
This is all TB kids caught in residential schools from being malnourished btw.
Disease related racism has a long roots here.
This is all TB kids caught in residential schools from being malnourished btw.
Disease related racism has a long roots here.
(and i dont mention smallpox because we have to remember that it didnt stop at diseased blankets, its continued on to present day)
https://utorontopress.com/ca/separate-beds-4
For anyone who is interested in the history of racism in healthcare in Canada, this book is a great ressource. It goes over other things, like how indig kids were subjected to forced TB screening via x-ray, irradiating them over safe levels and how-
For anyone who is interested in the history of racism in healthcare in Canada, this book is a great ressource. It goes over other things, like how indig kids were subjected to forced TB screening via x-ray, irradiating them over safe levels and how-
Inuit children were abducted from their communities and flown hundreds of miles to Indian hospitals and never returned. It's heart breaking, and I believe a third reckoning is coming, after residential schools and 60s scoop, for the people who suffered under segregated healthcare
