Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 22, 2024 4:56:50 GMT 12
‘I FELT I WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST’: MĀORI CANCER PATIENT CALLS FOR BETTER CULTURAL COMPETENCY
Maramataka Māori practitioner Heeni Hoterene (Ngāti Hine) claims she felt discriminated while undergoing cancer treatment in Tāmaki Makaurau.
The Cancer Society’s Domain Lodge is a home away from home for patients receiving medical care at Auckland Hospital, but Hoterene says she was made to feel anything but at home by the Domain Lodge’s staff.
“I [didn’t] feel welcome and I didn’t feel comfortable.”
“I felt I was discriminated [against because] one - I was Māori. Two, because I’m a woman wearing moko and three, because I’m younger than everyone else here.”....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/06/21/i-felt-i-was-discriminated-against-maori-cancer-patient-calls-for-better-cultural-competency/
Maramataka Māori practitioner Heeni Hoterene (Ngāti Hine) claims she felt discriminated while undergoing cancer treatment in Tāmaki Makaurau.
The Cancer Society’s Domain Lodge is a home away from home for patients receiving medical care at Auckland Hospital, but Hoterene says she was made to feel anything but at home by the Domain Lodge’s staff.
“I [didn’t] feel welcome and I didn’t feel comfortable.”
“I felt I was discriminated [against because] one - I was Māori. Two, because I’m a woman wearing moko and three, because I’m younger than everyone else here.”....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/06/21/i-felt-i-was-discriminated-against-maori-cancer-patient-calls-for-better-cultural-competency/