A new study demonstrates that disparities in Black and white infant mortality rates cannot be explained by economics alone. Rather, racism within the health care industry — both overt and institutional — appears to play a significant role in such outcomes.
, parenting and health author Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez detailed her experiences with racism in the health care system after giving birth to her son.
Though she had passed several blood clots and felt “extreme pain” whenever she tried to walk, physicians repeatedly told Meadows-Fernandez that what she was experiencing was normal, with some telling her after tests following her pregnancy that “everything looked fine.” After a month of inaction by her doctors, a physician finally listened to her complaints, eventually discovering that a piece of placenta was still inside her uterus.
“All of a sudden, the medical establishment acknowledged the dangers of the situation I was facing: increased risk for hemorrhaging, infection, and even death,”Even then, physicians continued to ignore other health conditions she was suffering from, dismissing them as regular symptoms after childbirth.
“My experiences have shown me just a couple of the many ways in which the reproductive health system ostracizes Black women,” she added. “It is especially important that Black women have access to quality reproductive care because — all too often — our very lives are at stake.”We’re proud to publish real news 365 days of the year, completely free of charge to our readers.
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