A medical illustrator noticed patients are always depicted as White. So, he decided to draw diverse medical diagrams.
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Chidiebere Ibe, a medical illustrator and aspiring neurosurgeon, noticed that the patients in medical diagrams are always depicted as White. So, he decided to change that.
Ibe, who is from Nigeria, began drawing different medical illustrations – such as a fetus in a womb, lung conditions, and eczema – all of patients who are Black. Typically, medical illustrations in textbooks or doctor's offices are White, and Ibe said he wanted to use his passion for medicine and art to "fix that inequality."
"The underrepresentation of black skin medical illustration in medical textbooks and as tool of communication in the public health sector has brought a bridge in Doctor-Patient communication," Ibe writes on Instagram, where he shares his illustrations. "My goal is to create medical illustration of such."
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