Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 20, 2023 4:04:04 GMT 12
NATIONAL PARTY HEALTH SPOKESMAN DR SHANE RETI SLAMS NEW SURGERY RANKING POLICY BASED ON RACE
National’s health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti has slammed the Government’s new policy which ranks ethnicities to determine who should get an operation first, calling it “offensive” and “wrong”.
As a medical doctor himself, Reti said race should have no place in surgical priorities and he is urging the Government to drop the criteria.
“The way to improve Māori and Pasifika health is through better housing, education and addressing the cost of living, not by disadvantaging others.”
He said he would refuse to rank patients on their ethnicity......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/national-party-health-spokesman-dr-shane-reti-slams-new-surgery-ranking-policy-based-on-race/ZQMX42ENGNCUTBER7CUI2ZEX5Q/
National’s health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti has slammed the Government’s new policy which ranks ethnicities to determine who should get an operation first, calling it “offensive” and “wrong”.
As a medical doctor himself, Reti said race should have no place in surgical priorities and he is urging the Government to drop the criteria.
“The way to improve Māori and Pasifika health is through better housing, education and addressing the cost of living, not by disadvantaging others.”
He said he would refuse to rank patients on their ethnicity......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/national-party-health-spokesman-dr-shane-reti-slams-new-surgery-ranking-policy-based-on-race/ZQMX42ENGNCUTBER7CUI2ZEX5Q/