Photo / 123rfBy RNZA group of medical experts says the way diabetes is treated in New Zealand is racist. Rawiri Jansen, one of the co-authors of a new editorial published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, is calling for Pharmac to fund two drugs that could dramatically improve the lives of people with diabetes. You look at diabetes as a great example, it's affecting Māori and Pacific populations much more, it is in the form of an epidemic. If we don't do those things then that's a reasonable accusation to say that's inaction in the face of need ... that's a form of racism." He called on the health sector to lifts its game too.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 19, 2020 21:11 UTC