Thursday, March 28, 2024

‘I Want a White Doctor’: Black Physician Opens Up About Racism in the Emergency Room (Watch)

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Dr. Tasha Feaster on Fox 25 Houston

*Dr. Tasha Feaster, an emergency medicine physician in Georgia, is speaking out about the racism she periodically deals with in her hospital setting.

Speaking to Fox 26 Houston’s “Isaiah Factor: Uncensored,” the 2006 Howard University College of Medicine grad says she has Black colleagues who have encountered situations in which a patient sees them enter the room and requests to be treated by a “white doctor.” She mentioned witnessing instances where Black doctors “have actually obliged that request” and sent in a white provider. “And I’ve been in situations where there was no other provider there, and so you tell the patient, ‘I am who I am.'”

She continued: “It’s really disheartening because as physicians, we are there to provide help for patients who are in need, regardless of their age, race creed, any of those things. And to have a patient turn around and judge you on those same factors when you’re only trying to help them can be quite disheartening and discouraging as well.”

Watch Dr. Feaster’s interview below:

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