The medical experiments are among the more extreme examples of the mistreatment of Indigenous people in Canada at the hands of physicians but the issues persist today, with Indigenous communities experiencing significantly worse health outcomes, including high infant mortality rates and chronic illness rates, compounded by evident racism in healthcare.
The organization representing over 100,000 physicians in Canada apologized for the role of doctors in perpetuating health disparities, acknowledging the deplorable racism and discrimination faced by Indigenous peoples in the healthcare system.
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