By Cherranda Smith
Dr.
Now, Indiana state lawmaker Rep.
Robin Shackleford is introducing a bill to prevent other Black women from receiving the same mistreatment at healthcare facilities.
“I don’t want another Black woman to have to go through this,” Rep. Shackleford said to
WJCT News. “We need to do whatever we can to make sure our patients and our Black women are not feeling even more stressed when they go to the hospital.”
In the videos posted to her Facebook page, Dr. Moore said she was “treated like a drug addict,” and had requested a transfer to a different hospital. She died a few weeks later from complications related to COVID-19.
The death of a man in an Indianapolis hospital after being shot in Fort Wayne has been ruled a homicide.
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Hospital CEO s response to Black doctor s COVID-19 death prompts backlash
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Black doctor dies of COVID-19 after alleging mistreatment at Indiana hospital
Susan Moore, who died on Sunday from complications from the coronavirus, claimed that a white doctor treating her repeatedly ignored her complaints that she was in excruciating pain.Courtesy Henry Muhammed
The president and CEO of an Indiana hospital has prompted backlash for releasing what medical professionals and health care advocates described as a blame the victim statement about a Black physician who died of COVID-19 after alleging she was mistreated by a doctor and nurses at his medical facility because of the color of her skin.
Hospital CEO’s response to Black doctor’s COVID-19 death prompts backlash
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By BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News
(CARMEL, Ind.) The president and CEO of an Indiana hospital has prompted backlash for releasing what medical professionals and health care advocates described as a “blame the victim” statement about a Black physician who died of COVID-19 after alleging she was mistreated by a doctor and nurses at his medical facility because of the color of her skin.
In a press release, Indiana University Hospital president and CEO Dennis M. Murphy described Dr. Susan Moore as a “complex patient” and said that during her stay at the IU Health North facility in Carmel, Indiana, the nursing staff treating her for coronavirus “may have been intimidated by a knowledgeable patient who was using social media to voice her concerns and critique the care they were delivering.”