Black Americans are known to be commonly and historically faced with discrimination and sometimes abuse by medical personnels.
Due to the pandemic, this decriminination became obvious. Yamiche Alcindor who spoke with Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble highlighted the facts and this hurtful legacy.
The common problem that they faced was that:
- Some doctors ignore the patient complains and arrive at their own conclusion.
- Health professionals especially doctors were been dismissive of their black patient.
- Others refuse to believe patient words and some were very disrespectful.
An example is a case of Alie S. who had issues with constant fainting but because of the fact that she was black, the doctor refuse to listen to fact an said she has contracted syphilis when she was not up to the age of been able to contact the disease.
<h3>Effect of race on access to health care?</h3>
The research shows that racial and ethnic minority groups, in all of the United States, do have increased rates of illness and death in all range of health issues, such as diabetes, hypertension, etc when linked or compared to their White fellow.
The ability to access health care in cause of the pandemic and others were said to have issues with availability, timing, and affordababilty that affects access to health care.
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