Joyce Echaquan: Outcry in Canada over treatment of dying indigenous woman – By BBC Newsroom (BBC) / Sept 30 2020
A nurse has been fired from a Canadian hospital after a video emerged showing a dying indigenous woman screaming in distress and being insulted by staff.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault said the nurse’s remarks were “unacceptable” and “racist”.
He said Joyce Echaquan’s death would be thoroughly investigated.
It is the latest in a series of incidents that have raised questions about systemic racism faced by Canada’s indigenous citizens.
In 2015 a report found that racism against indigenous people in Canada’s healthcare system contributed to their overall poorer health outcomes, compared to non-indigenous Canadians.
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