Canadian Medical Society apologizes for damage to indigenous peoples

2024/09/25 Galarraga Aiestaran, Ana - Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

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The Canadian Medical Society (CMA) has apologized to indigenous peoples for the physical and psychological damage that has historically affected them by or absence of medical practice. In the same act that the request for forgiveness has presented a report that gathers the unethical activities of doctors, including sterilizations and experimental treatments, some of them with children.

The CMA acknowledges that discrimination currently exists and that indigenous people have a higher risk of receiving poor health service due to emissions. Proof of this is that they have a shorter life expectancy than the rest of the population, and more diabetes, hypertension and mental illness.

In addition to the recognition of the damage caused and the request for forgiveness, the CMA has also concretized the steps for reconciliation, such as giving indigenous people more opportunities to work in medicine.