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The Lancet Surgery & Anaesthesiology just published its first Reflections piece, written by Dr Melanie Morrris, the first Indigenous Métis Canadian paediatric surgeon.
Dr Morris writes about Decolonising the scalpel and identifies 4 fundamental actions to transform indigenous surgical care in Canada offering a blueprint for global surgery everywhere. These are:
1 – Reclaiming physical space in healthcare facilities to achieve cultural safety.
2 – Reshaping educational culture to integrate sophisticated traditional knowledge systems.
3 – Bridging geographical divides.
4 – Advancing data sovereignty for Indigenous Peoples.
In Dr Morris’s words “Decolonising surgical care is not peripheral to the global surgery agenda; it is central to its fundamental promise of universal, equitable, and safe surgical care”
Read Dr Morris's Reflection in full at:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lansur/article/PIIS3117-7778(26)00010-2/fulltext?dgcid=youtube_video_lansur_short
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