Nurses and healthcare workers attend a 'Black Lives Matter' rally in front of Bellevue Hospital on June 4, 2020, in New York City. NEW YORK: New York nurses and doctors, hailed as heroes for fighting the coronavirus outbreak, are denouncing racial segregation in the public health system by joining the George Floyd protests.
"We took an oath to serve all communities, we took an oath to protect public health and right now excessive use of force and police brutality is a public health emergency," said Kamini Doobay.Doobay, an emergency doctor at Bellevue, was one of the organisers of Thursday's co-ordinated protests which involved six hospitals across New York.
Almost 23 per cent of those who have died across the United States are black, according to official figures, despite black people making up just 13.4 per cent of the population.In New York, members of the black community died at twice the rate of white people. "We see patients of color disproportionately dying from chronic illnesses, not getting proper follow up, and of course we see the deadly violence that plagues these communities," said 28-year-old doctor Damilola Idowu.
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