Maddox says he had to wait two extra years for a kidney transplant.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A medical test declared as racist continues to impact countless Black people suffering from kidney disease.
KING 5’s Facing Race team reported in June that many hospital systems around the nation have corrected their use of the faulty equation that erroneously stereotypes Black people as “more muscular.” The wrongful stereotype led to medical professionals calculating Black patients’ kidney health as healthier than they are, delaying urgent care and transplants.
Arthur Maddox of Olympia says he is one of those people, and he is suing Swedish and the
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