Noedel@lemmy.world to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 3 年前Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operationswww.nzherald.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAuckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operationswww.nzherald.co.nzNoedel@lemmy.world to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 3 年前message-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 年前They already treat the sickest first though, why the change?
minus-squareycnz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前“At a basic fundamental level, when a Māori patient hits that surgical wait list they’re already far behind their non-Māori counterparts." Seems pretty straight-forward to me.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 年前That sounds like utter bullshit to me, we should be trying to fix the underlying system, rather than countering perceived racism with more racism.
They already treat the sickest first though, why the change?
“At a basic fundamental level, when a Māori patient hits that surgical wait list they’re already far behind their non-Māori counterparts."
Seems pretty straight-forward to me.
That sounds like utter bullshit to me, we should be trying to fix the underlying system, rather than countering perceived racism with more racism.
It’s not “perceived”, it’s measurable.