Disadvantages of Indigenous People in Canadian Healthcare System

This report examines the healthcare disadvantages faced by Indigenous individuals in Canada. It highlights issues such as inadequate healthcare infrastructure, including a lack of healthcare facilities and professionals, and deficiencies in patient transport systems. The report also addresses the lack of funding for healthcare units and barriers to proper healthcare education. Further, it discusses the impact of drug shortages, limited access to advanced treatments, and the legacy of colonial healthcare practices. The report concludes by emphasizing the vulnerability of Indigenous populations to these challenges and suggests that increased media and social media outreach is needed to address these issues and improve health outcomes. References are included to support the findings.

Disadvantages of being indigenous
individual in Canada
Author Note:

Lack of Healthcare Entities
 Inadequate number of health care Units
 Inadequate number of health care professionals.
 Improper adjustment of patient transport systems
 Improper funding for the sustainability of Health care units.

Barriers towards Proper Health Care
Education
 Lack of Role models who can guide, for having proper
healthcare education (Richmond, & Cook, 2016).
 Low awareness of Healthcare rights.
 Confusion with the admission process at hospitals and clinics as
it was too complex (Richmond, & Cook, 2016).
 Facing discrimination upon admission to a healthcare entity.
 Non understanding the proper mechanism of the use of drugs
(Richmond, & Cook, 2016).

Shortages of Drug Supplies
 The phenomenon of drug shortage had been consistent not
among the native of Canadian population but have shown fierce
rates all over the world.
 The shortage has mostly been noted among the Cancer Drugs.
 The drug shortage prevails mostly due to lack of raw
materials, increased rate making patients out of pockets to buy
them leading to loss of productivity.
 Inadequate transport of drugs to remote areas.

Unavailability of World
Class Treatment
 Individuals residing in certain remote areas
usually stay isolated from new intervention
techniques (Karen Palmer et al., 2020).
 Use of certain techniques can used for life
saving processes which may include
treatment for AIDS and cancer as well.
 Such cases may show lack of availability of
quality ambulance service to quality surgical
techniques in hospitals (Karen Palmer et
al., 2020).

Bound to colonial
Legacy of Health care
 Being deprived of quality health care the aboriginals
had developed their own strategies of healing (Jacklin
et al., 2017).
 Hence interventions to an extent had been discovered
by them only.
 Many in the same community presently have beliefs
that the modern methods may not be fruitful enough
(Jacklin et al., 2017).
 The thought hence barring them to accept these new
ways.
 Moreover these have a strong impact in manipulating
the crowd as well (Jacklin et al., 2017).

Conclusion
 Thus it can be concluded that Indigenous population are highly vulnerable
to these circumstances.
 These factors not only limit health education but also pushes a community
towards more vulnerability.
 Retention of diseases thus stays within the community and a total
eradication often lacks.
 People deprived of benefits are not even aware that what they are lacking.
 More approach via media and social media need to be done as a step
towards eradication of their vulnerable situation followed by their health
issues.

References
 Richmond, C. A., & Cook, C. (2016). Creating conditions for Canadian aboriginal
health equity: the promise of healthy public policy. Public Health
Reviews, 37(1), 2.
 Karen Palmer, K., Michael Nolan, M., & Joshua Tepper, J. (2020). Indigenous
health services often hampered by legislative confusion. Retrieved 25
January 2020, from
https://healthydebate.ca/2017/09/topic/indigenous-health
 Jacklin, K. M., Henderson, R. I., Green, M. E., Walker, L. M., Calam, B., &
Crowshoe, L. J. (2017). Health care experiences of Indigenous people living
with type 2 diabetes in Canada. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal
= journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 189(3), E106–E112.
doi:10.1503/cmaj.161098

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