HLST 4010 Chapter 11: Week 11 Reading- Canada sued over years of alleged experimentation on Indigenous People Kassam
9 Dec 2020
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Week 11 reading- canada sued over years of alleged experimentation on indigenous people: kassam. Ashifa kassam, canada sued over years of alleged experimentation on indigenous. People: class-action suit filed on behalf of thousands of people allegedly subjected to medical tests without consent in the mid-20th century , the guardian (may 11, 2018). Download at: https://www. theguardian. com/world/2018/may/11/canada-indigenous- people-medical-experiments-lawsuit?cmp=share_btn_link: a class action lawsuit has been filed in a canadian court on behalf of the thousands of indigenous people alleged to have been unwittingly subjected to medical experiments without their consent. 1980s: the plaintiff in the case is john pambrun, 77, a first nations man who spent nearly six years of his childhood in indian hospitals and sanatoriums. In 1955 long after antibiotics had become the standard treatment for tuberculosis doctors removed part of his right lung, according to court documents. We can"t find anything in the medical records that indicates that he even had tuberculosis, said merchant.
