A Chicago-area hospital discharged a critically injured young Mexican national, Quelino Ojeda Jimenez, and without his approval, transported him to a hospital in his home state of Oaxaca, Mexico, right before Christmas. The 20-year-old Jimenez was working as a roofer last fall when he fell and sustained serious injuries that left him quadriplegic. Now in Oaxaca, the young man is not confident that the hospital he was transferred to has the needed resources to help him recover. According to an in-depth report by the Chicago Tribune, Jimenez is in a “hospital that is so resource-poor that it is reusing filters for the breathing machine needed to keep him alive.”
Advocate Christ Medical Center has admitted to transferring Jimenez without his consent. Hospital officials maintain the move was made so he could be closer to home, but Jimenez is now 4 hours away from his parents, sisters, wife and child who live in a remote town and cannot afford to see him regularly. Friends in Chicago who cared for Jimenez are outraged. This case illustrates both the extent of dehumanization suffered by immigrants and the lack of accountability via our broken immigration and healthcare systems. The hospital says it tried to get private rehab institutions to take Jimenez, but they would not because of his status. That’s when hospital officials took matters into their own hands. (via Chicago Hospital Deports Quadriplegic Man, Hate Speech Cheers - COLORLINES)
De-human-ization
De-humanize
De-monize
De-volve
These are the stories—and there are far too many of them—that burn me up, bring fury, tears, and finally, renewed determination.
You will NOT wipe us out. You will NOT break our spirit. You will NOT rewrite history. Hate will not win the day, and your attempts to do so will see you buried under the future, which belongs to us.
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