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Post by Olan on Dec 24, 2020 13:35:53 GMT
www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/us/susan-moore-black-doctor-indiana.amp.htmlAfter Dr. Moore, 52, complained about her treatment, she received care that she said “adequately treated” her pain. She was eventually sent home, and on Sunday, just more than two weeks after posting the video, Dr. Moore died of complications from Covid-19, said her son, Henry Muhammed. Dr. Moore’s case has generated outrage and renewed calls to grapple with biased medical treatment of Black patients. Voluminous research suggests that Black patients often receive treatment inferior to their white counterparts, particularly when it comes to relieving pain. “It’s had a huge impact,” said Dr. Christina Council, a primary care physician in Maryland who is Black, of Dr. Moore’s experience. “Sometimes when we think about medical bias it seems so far removed. We can sit there and say, ‘OK, it can happen to someone that may be poorer.’ But when you actually see it happen to a colleague and you’re seeing her in the hospital bed and literally pleading for her life, it just hits a different way and really hits home and says, ‘Wow, we need to do something.’”
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Post by mikklynn on Dec 24, 2020 13:39:08 GMT
Outrageous.
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Post by supersoda on Dec 24, 2020 13:47:58 GMT
I was reading about her this morning. Her treatment is so infuriating. And it is terrifying to imagine how others are treated when someone with her knowledge and understanding and credentials and voice is treated.
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Post by gsquaredmom on Dec 24, 2020 14:02:21 GMT
No surprise.
I grew up in Indiana.
A Black doctor treated my brother after a severe concussion in 1973. Saved his life, really. I remember the incredulity that a “N could do that.”
Lots of racism, the N word, Obama diminished as “uppity Black,” Trump-lovers, anti-maskers.
I don’t go back there often.
At least Dr Moore pulled the cover back and exposed it further.
But it won’t make a difference.
Systemic racism is too entrenched there.
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Post by TankTop on Dec 24, 2020 14:31:26 GMT
No surprise. I grew up in Indiana. A Black doctor treated my brother after a severe concussion in 1973. Saved his life, really. I remember the incredulity that a “N could do that.” Lots of racism, the N word, Obama diminished as “uppity Black,” Trump-lovers, anti-maskers. I don’t go back there often. At least Dr Moore pulled the cover back and exposed it further. But it won’t make a difference. Systemic racism is too entrenched there. Yes it is. I teach in Indiana and am doing my best to disrupt this thinking in my students. We study culture, diversity, etc... all as a way of doing things in my second grade room. So many generous peas have sent me multicultural books to read to my students. I am proud to report that my principal and my superintendent have been called this year because I am teaching culture. They both support me 100% and told the parents that times are changing and I doing my job. I have hope for the future, but it is a hard fight. Even as a teacher with 20+ years of experience I get push back. I can’t imagine how our young teachers can do it. I am in the “try me mf’er” stage of life. |
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Post by peabay on Dec 24, 2020 15:17:45 GMT
No surprise. I grew up in Indiana. A Black doctor treated my brother after a severe concussion in 1973. Saved his life, really. I remember the incredulity that a “N could do that.” Lots of racism, the N word, Obama diminished as “uppity Black,” Trump-lovers, anti-maskers. I don’t go back there often. At least Dr Moore pulled the cover back and exposed it further. But it won’t make a difference. Systemic racism is too entrenched there. Yes it is. I teach in Indiana and am doing my best to disrupt this thinking in my students. We study culture, diversity, etc... all as a way of doing things in my second grade room. So many generous peas have sent me multicultural books to read to my students. I am proud to report that my principal and my superintendent have been called this year because I am teaching culture. They both support me 100% and told the parents that times are changing and I doing my job. I have hope for the future, but it is a hard fight. Even as a teacher with 20+ years of experience I get push back. I can’t imagine how our young teachers can do it. I am in the “try me mf’er” stage of life. "Teaching culture?" Wow. I wonder what they'd do if they lived in CT: starting next year schools will be required to offer courses in African-American and Latino studies (providing students with "a better understanding of the African-American, Black, Puerto Rican, and Latino contributions to United States history, society, economy, and culture.") |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Dec 24, 2020 15:25:53 GMT
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Post by melissa on Dec 24, 2020 20:11:32 GMT
She was a member of a group I belong too. I had been fearful the last two weeks or so since she last posted, hoping for the best and fearing the worst. She tried in vain to get transferred out of that first hospital. Her entire situation was just devastating. She had an underlying condition and knew what she needed. Was told things that aren't mentioned in the article. The same doctor who denied her pain medication also tried to stop her 5 day course of medication on day 2, saying she didn't qualify... when she was already on the treatment.
She was a high risk group in the first place so there's no telling if she would have survived with better treatment, but her final weeks should not have been like this. Hell, if our country had done the right things, she wouldn't have gotten Covid in the first place. This should not have happened.
She was so incredibly proud of her son. Her posts in our group before this disaster were usually about her son.
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Post by Olan on Dec 27, 2020 18:31:53 GMT
I don’t think any equipment would have saved Dr. Moore or the millions of other black people who have died due to medical neglect or systematic racism. |
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Post by heather on Dec 27, 2020 18:38:04 GMT
No surprise. I grew up in Indiana. A Black doctor treated my brother after a severe concussion in 1973. Saved his life, really. I remember the incredulity that a “N could do that.” Lots of racism, the N word, Obama diminished as “uppity Black,” Trump-lovers, anti-maskers. I don’t go back there often. At least Dr Moore pulled the cover back and exposed it further. But it won’t make a difference. Systemic racism is too entrenched there. Born and raised in a sundown town in Indiana. Glad I got the fuck out of there. Makes me physically sick when I have to go back. That being said, southern Ohio is not much better. |
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Post by Olan on Dec 27, 2020 18:46:19 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 27, 2020 20:34:54 GMT
This was a topic last night ... The CEO(?) of the hospital is commissioning a third party investigation. Unfortunately too late for DR Moore but hopefully will make a difference.
Interesting, former governor VP Pence and 'Mayor' Pete from the same state. I know who I'd pick as best!!
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