Inuk woman ‘begging and pleading’ for help fighting tuberculosis in Nunavut – CBC

My mother’s death should have been the last, but it won’t be’

Aug 07, 2018

Bernice Clarke’s mother died in 2015. She was sick with tuberculosis and succumbed to complications resulting from treatment.

Now, three years later, Clarke says nothing has changed and she doesn’t feel safe.

“I’m scared to be sick in Nunavut,” said Clarke. “My mother’s death should have been the last, but it won’t be.”

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