Video of Woman Demanding to See "White Doctor" For Her Son in Toronto Clinic

[DonLever]

From CTV:

 

Video of a woman demanding a "white doctor" for her son at a walk-in clinic in Mississauga, Ont. has gone viral, sparking outrage across the country.

The video, which was recorded by a witness and posted online, shows the woman repeatedly demanding to see a white doctor in a four-minute argument with staff and patients at the clinic.

"I would like to see a white doctor," the woman says at the beginning of the video, to a member of the clinic staff in the waiting room. Her son, who appears to be approximately eight years old, can be seen sitting quietly beside her.

 

"You're telling me there's not one white doctor in this whole entire building?" she says.

The clinic staffer can be heard explaining that a white pediatrician will be in at 4 p.m., but this does not appear to satisfy the woman. She continues to complain, claiming that she waited five-and-a-half hours to see a "brown doctor" whom she says did not help her child with his chest pains.

"He was not speaking English. His teeth were brown. I do not need his help," she says in the video.

The woman's complaints quickly draw the attention of others in the waiting room who accuse her of being racist. Several also suggest she take her child to a hospital, but she refuses, answering the suggestions with a racist slur.

The woman becomes more agitated as the four-minute video progresses, eventually approaching the desk to repeat her demands for a white doctor.

 

"Oh my God, what type of horrible country do I live in?" she says in the video. "Being a white person in this country, I should just shoot myself."

Later in the video, she appears to back off her requirement that the doctor be white, and instead asks for one who was born in Canada.

"My kid is part not-white, so can we get somebody to see him that at least speaks English?" she says. "I spoken (sic) English. We want somebody Canadian to see him."

Hitesh Bhardwaj, who recorded the video in the waiting room, says the incident shocked him.

"Seeing it so openly, without any fear, in front of so many people, without even fearing that someone can report her – it was really shocking," he told CTV Toronto.

Bhardwaj, who immigrated to Canada from India five years ago, says he had "no doubt" that what happened at the clinic was wrong. He added that the incident troubled him "for the rest of the day."

"it was a mixed feeling of being angry and being frustrated," he said.

He can be heard arguing with the angry mother toward the end of the video, telling her that a doctor doesn't need to be white to speak English.

A young woman also confronts the mother at an earlier point in the video.

"Your child clearly has more issues with you being his mother than him needing to see a doctor," the young woman says. "You are extremely rude and racist."

Bhardwaj hailed the young woman for her courage in intervening. "There was a very brave young girl who came right up to her face and said that you are racist and you shouldn't be doing those things," he said.

The encounter ended without further incident, and the woman was escorted out of the waiting room.

Peel police say they were called to the clinic Sunday afternoon for a "disturbance."

Const. Mark Fischer said the caller reported a woman who was "being verbally aggressive" and demanding a "white doctor."

"The officer found that no criminal offence has been committed or was in the process of being committed," Fischer told CTV Toronto.

A doctor at the clinic eventually treated the boy, police said.

Bhardwaj's video of the encounter has been viewed more than 20,000 times online since Sunday, when he says the incident occurred.

 

 

[PhillipBlunt]

Oh well.

[CanucksHomer]

Trump did this.

[Ossi Vaananen]

I saw the video on Vice, didn't know it was Toronto though. Here's the video:

 

 

 

[J-23]

This lady said his teeth where brown.....

[cdubuya]

While her racist views are misguided I think there are a lot of people in Canada that are just fed up with the health care industry in general. In Kamloops I have friends whose families have been on a waiting list for a family doctor for like 10 years. They are forced to take to their kids to walk in clinics where the doctors have less incentive to fix the underlying problems as they will likely never see that patient ever again. Many choose to forego walk in clinics and go straight to emergency which just clogs up wait times for everyone.

 

 

[Slegr]

I feel bad for the son. Imagine a mom like that? What kind of man will he become?

[Chicken.]

Just now, J-23 said:

This lady said his teeth where brown.....

While she is clearly in the wrong and uneducated in her thinking... it would be frustrating to go to a clinic and not have the doctor speak English properly.

 

With that said if your kid has chest pains and its an emergency get your a$$ to the hospital

 

[Warhippy]

1 minute ago, cdubuya said:

While her racist views are misguided I think there are a lot of people in Canada that are just fed up with the health care industry in general. In Kamloops I have friends whose families have been on a waiting list for a family doctor for like 10 years. They are forced to take to their kids to walk in clinics where the doctors have less incentive to fix the underlying problems as they will likely never see that patient ever again. Many choose to forego walk in clinics and go straight to emergency which just clogs up wait times for everyone.

 

 

Well if that is the case in this instance, wouldn't she just be happy to have A doctor period seeing her child?

[Warhippy]

Me patiently waiting for the usual crowd to come in and tell us why this is ok, or justify why she might have done it and how it's just fine.  

 

 

Oh hey, is that shellfish?

[J-23]

3 minutes ago, Chicken. said:

While she is clearly in the wrong and uneducated in her thinking... it would be frustrating to go to a clinic and not have the doctor speak English properly.

 

With that said if your kid has chest pains and its an emergency get your a$$ to the hospital

 

Yes, but how would we know the doctor couldn't speak English properly? Because she says so? Based on what I saw from this video, I wouldn't believe her. Maybe she just saying that because she sees a diffident race, but who knows maybe I could be wrong.

[Jägermeister]

Kudos to the people who confronted her.  What a racist POS.

[DonLever]

10 minutes ago, Chicken. said:

 it would be frustrating to go to a clinic and not have the doctor speak English properly.

 

 

How would she know that the doctor does not speak English properly when she hasn't seen one yet?

 

[riffraff]

Lol

 

like no other ethnic groups make the same requests.......

[Chicken.]

Just now, J-23 said:

Yes, but how would we know the doctor couldn't speak English properly? Because she says so? Based on what I saw from this video, I wouldn't believe her. Maybe she just saying that because she sees a diffident race, but who knows maybe I could be wrong.

Probably right. Not sure why I would believe her either, she is a moron.

 

Its sad but true that in my experiences with the health care system people who are loud and complain the most get quicker treatment perhaps that's what she was going for

 

 

 

[Warhippy]

27 minutes ago, Ossi Vaananen said:

I saw the video on Vice, didn't know it was Toronto though. Here's the video:

 

 

 

at 1:19 she says she was at the hospital and they only have brown doctors and something about amputated arms.

 

At 3:08 she says she won't go because of all the "Paki doctors"

 

She is everything wrong with society today.  Instead of just getting her child help she shopped around for a "white doctor"

 

If my daughter is sick, I don't care wtf a person is speaking or looks like if they can help her than I am in their corner 100%

 

And no, no other race I've ever seen asks for this, some religions have a gender bias or preference but I have never heard of another race asking for a "white doctor"

[cdubuya]

8 minutes ago, Warhippy said:

Well if that is the case in this instance, wouldn't she just be happy to have A doctor period seeing her child?

Assuming her story is true (it may well be exagerated).... no. I don't think waiting 4-5 hours to see any doctor just to have them brush you aside would make you happy. She was clearly looking for a scape goat and found one in the color of the doctors skin. I don't think theres any merit to the race issue, however, I think had she waited a reasonable amount of time and had an Indian doctor who she found helpful then I doubt this would even be a story.

 

It is impossible for me to know the real story. It's possible she is a hypocodriac mother who is making a big deal over nothing. However, having personally had real health issues it is frustrating when you go to a walk in clinic only to have them ignore your issues. 

 

[Tystick]

There's qualified doctors available. End of story.

I understand the frustrations when it comes to the language barrier. I agree something needs to be done about that.

That said, shes making many assumptions that no one there speaks English, and blaming everything on skin color. 

[Tystick]

22 minutes ago, CanucksHomer said:

Trump did this.

Oh stop

[Toews]

12 minutes ago, Warhippy said:

Me patiently waiting for the usual crowd to come in and tell us why this is ok, or justify why she might have done it and how it's just fine.  

 

 

Oh hey, is that shellfish?

Yeah I can't wait for the middle aged white guy to come in and tell us that everyone is making too big of a deal out of this. The people that were angered by this woman's outburst are just "shrill progressives" trying to get attention.