Noedel@lemmy.world to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 year agoAuckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operationswww.nzherald.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkAuckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operationswww.nzherald.co.nzNoedel@lemmy.world to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareBalpeenHammer@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey are saying statistically some ethnicities are sicker than others and they should be looked at earlier. Nothing wrong with that.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThey already treat the sickest first though, why the change?
minus-squareycnz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago“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-up0·1 year agoThat sounds like utter bullshit to me, we should be trying to fix the underlying system, rather than countering perceived racism with more racism.
They are saying statistically some ethnicities are sicker than others and they should be looked at earlier. Nothing wrong with that.
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.