Seattle Children’s knew for years security was called disproportionately on Black patients By Asia Fields, The Seattle Times
Published: April 21, 2021, 9:35am
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SEATTLE At Seattle Children’s, a father’s request for staff to use a needleless injection device on his child as the doctor ordered instead of a numbing cream ended with security taking him from the room.
“As a black man, being escorted away from my very sick child by a security officer left me powerless, embarrassed, and seen in the eyes of other families on the unit as a criminal,” he said, according to an internal report led by the hospital’s Center for Diversity and Health Equity.
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The medical director of Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, Dr. Ben Danielson, resigned after more than 20 years of service. He said that several events have led him to have little faith in the Hospital’s leadership, events which he says demonstrate racism towards staff and patients of color.
Dr. Danielson said stepping down was a painful sacrifice but one he had to make.
In a recent interview with Crosscut, the doctor said he had felt marginalized and alone as the only Black in a position of authority. He said that while racism has recently become a national awakening, the hospital’s executive has done nothing to right their wrongs. He condemned their show of overtures to equity, yet racist events have plagued their system.