London-area Indigenous groups call for end to systemic inequities in health care [Video]

Local Indigenous groups held a march outside London Health Sciences Centre’s (LHSC) University Hospital calling for better support and access for Indigenous people seeking health care. 

Those who attended Tuesday’s protest shared their personal experiences with what they call unfair treatment in hospitals, including Chase Nethercott, 17, who is suffering from complications following surgery and said his concerns have been dismissed by professionals. 

Nethercott, who is from Oneida and Chippewa nations of the Thames, said he wanted more resources to get help and his experience is impacting his mental health. 

“He’s got no quality of life,” said his mother, Jolene Jamieson. “We keep pushing. I keep going to appointments with him, and I try to plead his case … it takes forever.”

Both Nethercott …