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: world@lemmy.world
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: world@lemmy.world
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 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.