Like almost every country in the world Canada to has its indigenous people. Canada has a really great healthcare system and has been spoken about and even used as an example in many developed and developing countries to model their healthcare systems.
Whilst Canada boasts of inclusivity and amazing health care they too have problems that most countries have. The indigenous people of Canada face the same kind of unimportance that is shown to indigenous people all over the world.
The indigenous community in Canada however is now facing another danger which is post-surgery care. The indigenous community in Canada is in risk of dying either on the table while being operated on or during post op care. There have been complications during and post op care that have gone either ignored or unnoticed only because these are indigenous people or is it because they were mistakes made by the medical staff of these hospitals.
There is a study that shows that there is a 30% chance of survival of any indigenous person undergoing surgery and after surgery care. With this statistics it is clear that the indigenous populace of Canada will not be very quick in getting surgery. It is not only the surgery that they face this sort of negligence but also in being on the transplants lists and so on.
It was Dr. Donna May Kimmaliardjuk who was Canada’s first Inuk hear surgeon that stated “Distrust of the healthcare system is why members of the Indigenous communities are even hesitant to seek medical attention, But if you provide better care and better outcomes to the fastest-growing population, it can have not only good outcomes for the general health, but perhaps it can save on costs as well for the government.”
