When I hurt my knee I was told that medical treatment is a privilege that I hadn’t earned

When I was on the wilderness program I accidentally injured my knee. When I said I need to go to hospital or at least have some first aid. I was refused both of these. I was told (and this is an actual quote of what was said to me) “Medical help is a privilege that has to be earned and you haven’t earned it “. I was forced to continue hiking despite being visibly in pain. Now I still have problems with my knee and I’ve been told that I will go on having problems with it for the rest of my life. I can walk normally but I have alot of pain and have to take pain killers most days. All because I was denied even basic first aid since I had not earned that “privilege “.