Indigenous people not surprised by reports of racist game played in hospitals – CBC
Health-care staff guessed intoxication levels of concussed or dehydrated people
Jun 23, 2020
Some Indigenous people say discrimination they’ve faced by doctors and nurses in British Columbia is so common that they weren’t surprised to hear about allegations of an emergency room “game” in which health-care staff guessed the intoxication levels of Indigenous patients.
But the allegations are still triggering, they say.
“It broke my heart. I wanted to scream and cry, [but] I wasn’t surprised,” said Tania Dick, a Dzawada̱ʼenux̱w nurse of 17 years.
“I’m an emergency nurse, and I was visualizing the nurses gathering in a little circle and throwing out their numbers,” she said.
“Playing this game with someone’s life … every second you’re not actually providing care, you’re withholding care,” she said.
