6 million Canadians live with a disability. Advocates say federal parties need to listen to them
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Rabia Khedr wonders whether her younger brother Farrukh may still be alive today, if there were better supports available for patients with disabilities when he was admitted to hospital in October 2020.
"Our brother was 43 years old. He was non-verbal, [with] significant developmental disabilities," Khedr told Dr. Brian Goldman, host of White Coat, Black Art and The Dose.
Because of restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Farrukh's family members weren't able to be there with him to better explain his needs to staff.
"He went into the hospital for a surgical procedure and because he did not have anybody there advocating for him, there are a lot of small mishaps that we believe ultimately deteriorated his health."
Farruk was discharged from, and readmitted to, the hospital several times in the following month. He died on Nov. 27, 2020 after going into cardiac arrest.
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Khedr, the national director of the advocacy group Disability Without Poverty, is calling for better supports for people with disabilities from the federal political parties during this election.
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