College Athlete Died Hours After Begging 'Racist' Hospital for Help

[JoeOtterbein]

Daily Beast

The body of 20-year-old Canadian was found in a lake just hours after security guards kicked him out of a hospital lobby.

Noor Ibrahim
Deputy World Editor
Updated Jul. 06, 2021 5:52PM ET Published Jul. 06, 2021 3:57PM ET

The family of a college football star who died in an apparent suicide after being thrown out of a hospital told The Daily Beast that they think he was refused care because of the color of his skin.

A Canadian health authority has admitted that it “failed” in caring for Samwel Uko, a 20-year-old football player who was found dead in a lake after reportedly seeking care from a local hospital twice.

Last spring, the young university athlete posted a Snapchat video in a hospital lobby in the Canadian city of Regina, which shows him begging for help. “I need help bro, I need help bro, for real,” Uko says in the video. In the same clip, a hospital staffer is shown standing behind him, and asks him: “Why are you taking a picture?”

That was one of two times Uko had gone to the hospital seeking professional help on the day he died, according to legal documents obtained by CBC.

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1. ...

[Karadeniz]

2. Just flat sad... but why would a national health country kick him out of the hospital?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. How would the existence of a national health system keep staff members from being racist or ableist?

[Karadeniz]

5. I would hope that they'd come to realize that everyone who needs help, gets it.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. Unfortunately, that's not how it works.

[MustLoveBeagles]

4. That's sad

That young man deserved better.