In a haunting message from beyond the grave, Métis Elder Sonny James MacDonald recounted being incarcerated for more than two years at an Indian Hospital in Edmonton in the 1940s for tuberculosis treatment, suffering abuse and isolation as a child.
In a haunting message from beyond the grave, Métis Elder Sonny James MacDonald recounted being incarcerated for more than two years at an Indian Hospital in Edmonton in the 1940s for tuberculosis treatment, suffering abuse and isolation as a child.
MacDonald's story echoed in a Victoria conference hall Wednesday where the Canadian Medical Association formally apologized for physicians' role in causing harm to Indigenous Peoples in a sombre ceremony. Dr. Paula Cashin with the association says research showed physicians contributed to"systemically embedding and upholding" anti-Indigenous racism into Canada's health-care systems and policies, creating an"unsafe environment" for patients from Indigenous communities.
There was also forced relocations of Inuit community members to tuberculosis sanitoriums against their wishes, resulting in many dying far from their homes. Speaking at the ceremony, Métis Elder Jimmy Durocher said the apology from physicians is important because"we need to know the truth before we can have reconciliation."
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