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Black US doctor dies of Covid alleging racist hospital care – Yahoo News Australia
The 52-year-old doctor wrote in a post from her hospital bed that she had to “beg” for treatment.
A black physician in Indianapolis has died with Covid-19 weeks after she accused a doctor of denying her proper medical care due to her race.
In a video from her bed at Indiana University Hospital North, Susan Moore said she had to “beg” for treatment.
The hospital has expressed condolences and said it takes accusations of discrimination very seriously, but could not comment on specific patients.
Black people are at greater risk from Covid than white people, studies show.
Dr Moore, 52, passed away…
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