Healthcare or Medisin?
In this last video I will post, Dr. Pookrum speaks of the profound resistance and lack of care in the health industry she faced. She speaks of advising pregnant women of their options other than taking prenatal vitamins which she found, by reading several studies, have the possibility of causing birth defects and the effects of long term birth control pills usage on women. She expresses her surprise as a young doctor, to learn the older Black people on her staff (nurses and doctors) were not supportive of her decisions and down right hostile against her. The older Black staffers remained in support of a system that was not working, at least for the benefit of the patients. This supposes often that our greatest enemy can be those of our own collective. What guides this mentality? Why do people continue to support a system that is not helpful for the patients? Will the healthcare bill address the mentality of the healthcare worker? Will nurses work less hours? Will new doctors be afforded proper rest during residency? Or will it be the same ole’ medisin?
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