Alexandra Diodonet’s Discussion board 12

In two readings “A birth story” and “12 reasons it should be illegal for doctors not to treat a trans person.” I wasn’t surprised by two of the reading, healthcare in the black community and in the trans community is difficult especially when trump was president he wanted to remove healthcare in the trans community. (I believe) One of the parts I relate to in a story was when LeConté experience pain when the nurse repeated inserted the IV inside of her knowing that it hurt, it happened to me one time when I went to the hospital in Gun Hill Road, Bronx NY. It was extremely painful and since then I have been terrified of IVs more than the butterfly needle. (The needle they use to take out blood). One of the worse experiences of neglect was when at Lincoln Hospital located on 3rd ave Bronx NY my grandfather (who couldn’t speak English at all) was in a coma and all they asked my family as if he was interested in donating his organs to the people in need, they didn’t take care of him or anything which leads him to die. If people decide to join the health administration the most important thing they need to learn is to treat everyone no matter what race or gender you are with care, we’re all humans who deserve a healthy life. This also connects to the other reading, 12 reasons it should be illegal for doctors not to treat a trans person. In the reading, there were people who explain their stories of how the health care administration wouldn’t take care of people who are non-binary or transgender. These reading both connect to how gender and race are being neglected and abused in the healthcare system due to the fact they’re either African American, transgender, or non-binary, this has been doing on through decades and the nurses or EMTs get away with it, and not have their licenses revolved, getting fired, or being sued.

In the film, “Period. End of sentence.” This film explains to women in India that are educating people about menstruation and people who are making machines to create pads for women to use instead of using cotton and going outside during the middle of the night considering whether they should change clothes or not. This is known to be the only film that surprise me because I thought women around the world have pads and I believe it’s amazing for women to create a business so they can make pads for women who need them.

3 thoughts on “Alexandra Diodonet’s Discussion board 12

  1. Brianne Waychoff

    Thank you for sharing your personal stories. I have had similar awful experiences with IVs and even with butterfly needles. And yes, the Trump administration tried to block trans healthcare. However, since Trump has been out of office, we have seen many many states creating laws to block trans access.

  2. Gisselle Campos

    Hello Alexandra,
    I agree with your statement that if people are going to work in the health care system they need to treat everyone fairly. Thank you for sharing your story and sorry that happen, hopefully in the future we get better doctors and nurse to help instead of receiving their dismissive attitude.

  3. Jesica Rodriguez

    Hello Alexandra, totally agree on that people who decide to work or Join the health administration they should learn or know how to treat everyone no matter what they identify themselves as. About the film I was not surprised at all I’ve seen small businesses creating pads that are cotton to be reused. This benefits for some women because if they are not able to afford buying every month pass then these reusable pads will be in clutch for them.

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