The family of a 17 year old boy accused MUHC physician to have refused to treat him because he was gay.
Sébastien tourillon fighting for his life that day. Cystic fibrosis, terminally ill, he did not keep any food or liquids. He was completely dehydrated and near exhaustion when his parents took him to the emergency department of the McGill University Health Centre.
On site, the doctor asked her mother to leave him alone with the 17 year old who considers homosexual and always likes to wear women’s clothes.
“He told me” are you gay? “” Are you a transsexual? “” Would you have surgery to change their sex? “Considering that I had nail polish, I could not deny my homosexuality . I said I was gay and that time, I had the perception that his look has changed. ”
After receiving test results, the doctor gives her leave. Sébastien’s family doctor does not agree, explains Sébastien’s mother, Martine trunnion, who was in shock. “On the phone, I told our doctor we go home, but she said” what do you mean you come home? ? With your son in the state is “” The family physician is clear: “it can not go home in that state otherwise he will die.”
Ms. tourillon then insists that his son was hospitalized, but the doctor of the MUHC emergency is intractable. He told her to call her husband to come and get them.
“You feel as if society abandons you, said the mother. You do not know what to do, but you can not let your child die. You must find a way to help. We were ready to take him to Toronto, where the US, but we were told that his health would not allow him to survive the journey. ”
Tourillon Martine and her husband were panicked, not knowing how to react. Fortunately, their family doctor stepped in to take care of Sebastian. The next day, Mr. Turnbuckle rented medical equipment and the couple hired a nurse full-time for three weeks of treatment at home, 24 hours 24 until finally Sébastien resume better.
Sebastian just turned 18. For him, it does not mean much. His illness is incurable, he knows that his life expectancy is limited. Since childhood, he has the impression that everything is faster for him. Gifted child, 3 years old he read the Harry Potter books. At 13, he was accepted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the famous American university. He will give up and opt for the University of Nice, because he knows he will not live long enough to complete his studies and pursue his dream of working in the aviation industry.
The tourillon family complained to the College of Physicians, the MUHC and the Human Rights Commission. Private treatments cost a fortune, but that’s not what worries Sébastien’s parents. “I do not want another young person has to go through what my son has endured simply because he is gay,” she explains.
As for Sebastian, he would say to the doctor who refused to treat him if he had before him? “It has to change profession. Really. A doctor should not have prejudices. ”
“Homophobia is more hypocritical than before,” said Jasmin Roy
Reacted to the story of Sebastian, Jasmin Roy argues that there is still a lot of homophobia, but it is more hypocritical than before.
“People may not agree with a sexual orientation, not understanding, but there are laws that protect us, he recalls. If you have a human being before you, whether any appearance, you are obliged to treat him. ”
Mr. Roy believes that, once again, being “too visible” disturbing. “We have trouble getting rid of stereotypes,” he summarizes.
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