NYC’s recent storm impacted immigrants and low-income residents the mostOn Sept. 29, New York City residents were hit with a powerful storm that flooded many streets and homes. According to a recent investigation by Documented, the majority of 311 — the city's non-emergency hotline — calls made that day came from neighborhoods with a relatively high number of foreign-born residents. The outlet analyzed 311 data and looked for complaints about street flooding, sewage problems, damaged trees, potholes and more. "When we look at demographic information for people who live in the floodplain from storm surge, it shows that over 50 percent of people who live in the floodplain of New York City are people of color, and over 50 percent of them are also low income,” said Amy Chester, managing director at Rebuild By Design, a NYC-based non-profit organization that studies how overlapping environmental and human vulnerabilities leave communities at risk.

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When doctors say stay, some patients go

People who come from historically marginalized communities, like those who experience homelessness and substance use disorders often leave hospitals "against medical advice" — a term used in hospitals to describe what happens when patients depart before medical staff say it’s safe or advisable to do so — due to medical and perceived biases and inadequate care. “We hear stories of people ending up in the hospital and every step of the way experiencing stigma,” Jack Martin, co-founder and executive director of Southside Harm Reduction Services, tells Sahan Journal. “Every interaction is full of judgment both for drug use and housing related stuff—and potentially racial stuff, too.”Read more on why people leave against medical advice →

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Muscogee Creek Nation achieves historic first with robotic surgery system

On Oct. 9, 2023, Muscogee Nation’s Council Oak Comprehensive Healthcare in Tulsa, Oklahoma, became the first tribal health care facility in majority of the country to perform the first minimally invasive surgery with the da Vinci XI robotic surgery system, reports Native News Online. This system allows surgeons (pictured above is Urogynecologist Dr. Micah Wright, D.O.) to use robotic instruments for "minimally invasive" procedures, offering improved precision and reduced complications with shorter recovery times. “The investment in this surgical system is going to transform surgical care for the Muscogee Nation Department of Health,” Shawn Terry, Muscogee Nation Secretary of Health said in a press release earlier this month.Read more here →

Highlighting the innovators transforming health outcomes in our communities

Serving a historically underserved community in the outdoors industry, Ken Bernard (L) and Benje Williams (R) are the co-founders of Outlandish, a new small NYC retailer and community space serving people of color who love the outdoors. It is only one of four Black-owned outdoor and hiking gear stores in the U.S. 

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