Doctors didn’t take me seriously – until my white male partner came with me

I want to be seen, heard and treated, explains Dahaba (Picture: Dahaba Ali Hussen)‘Well, you’re not going to bleed to death, are you?’ the doctor in A&E said to me. I was dumbfounded.Earlier that day, doubled over in unimaginable pain, I had decided to finally attend A&E. This was a really difficult decision to make, because I was afraid of not being listened to. I gripped the plastic seat as I tried to even out my voice, before I responded: ‘Are you ev