A friend of mine went to the hospital for chest pains in August, and was told he was fine. 3 months later he dies suddenly.

[Born2BKing]

As black men, what chance do we have if we can't even get proper diagnosis when going to the hospital? This has me fukked up, he was only 43 years old and had just gotten married in October.

 

[Ziggiy]

R.I.P to your homeboy

What was the official cause of death? Hypertension been taking black men out like a muthafukka

 

[The War Report]

Always get a 2nd or 3rd opinion.

 

[Jean toomer]

Sorry for your loss but this is all too common. There have been many studies conducted on disproportionate or inferior treatment black men get compared to matched whites. We are not offered surgeries or appropriate medical care because of biases. Same applies to women with breast cancer or complicated pregnancies. We can’t be passive. Need to do research and get answers. If not find another doctor.

Hospital-level Racial Disparities in Acute Myocardial Infarction Treatment and Outcomes - PMC

Previous studies have documented racial disparities in treatment for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) among Medicare beneficiaries. However, the extent to which unobserved differences between hospitals explain some of these differences is unknown. ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Sauce Dab]

Damn RIP

just by the title alone I knew your friend was black, when it comes to black men and women we have to get lucky enough to have a really good black doctor or get multiple opinions when it comes to doctors because one usually ain’t enough if they white or Asian doctors

 

[TYBG]

RIP to your friend. These doctors be doing the bare minimum like you taking money out of their pockets.

 

[NoCones]

My mama was telling me a week ago about3 folks she know don dropped dead within the last 6 months. These were people who make regular doctors visits, 1 who was real health conscious, all in there 50s & 60s

 

[Born2BKing]

R.I.P to your homeboy

What was the official cause of death? Hypertension been taking black men out like a muthafukka

Not yet. It was election day and he had gotten off early from work. His wife came home and found him unresponsive on the couch. She, nor the paramedics could resuscitate him. His family is thinking it was a heart attack.

 

[Born2BKing]

My mama was telling me a week ago about3 folks she know don dropped dead within the last 6 months. These were people who make regular doctors visits, 1 who was real health conscious, all in there 50s & 60s

We have to be proactive with advanced testing because it seems like primary care doctors aren't looking at risk factors.

 

[Voice of Reason]

R.I.P.

 

[The BasedFather]

Damn, RIP. Was your friend a gym goer or health conscious?

Why you gotta live it up. I be stressing over stupid shyt, but it could all end tomorrow. Thankful for each day

 

[MrLogic]

Damn rip to your friend.

we need more blk DR's

we don't get that empathy like other groups do you have to really get lucky to get one that would care.

 

[JLova]

RIP. This is why it’s so important to have people that look like you n the medical profession.

 

[Born2BKing]

Damn, RIP. Was your friend a gym goer or health conscious?

Why you gotta live it up. I be stressing over stupid shyt, but it could all end tomorrow. Thankful for each day

Yes to both. He was a very successful businessman at the C Suite level and was health conscious.

 

[Harry Sax]

We need to start juicing fruits and replacing all the bullshyt in our diets