Covid 19 coronavirus: Black doctor dies after racist hospital treatment complaints
25 Dec, 2020 10:18 PM
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Dr Susan Moore with her son (left), and in hospital where she battled against Covid-19. Photo / Twitter
Dr Susan Moore with her son (left), and in hospital where she battled against Covid-19. Photo / Twitter
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A Black doctor who died battling Covid-19 complained of racist medical care in widely shared social media posts days before her death, prompting an Indiana hospital system to promise a full external review into her treatment.
Dr Susan Moore, 52, tested positive for Covid-19 late last month and was admitted to IU Health North Hospital in Carmel, Indiana, according to a Facebook post. Acutely aware of her condition and medical procedures, the physician said she had to repeatedly ask for medication, scans and routine checks while admitted at a hospital in Carmel, Indiana. She noted a white doctor in particular who seemingly dismissed her pain and sai
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Black female physician claimed white doctor giving her treatment repeatedly ignored complaints, wanted to send her home. A number of doctors in the US criticized the racist treatment a Black female physician received in a hospital, who later died due to complications from COVID-19.
Dr. Susan Moore, a 52-year-old Black physician, was being treated for the novel coronavirus at Indiana University Health North Hospital in Carmel, Indiana, her hometown, after she tested positive for COVID-19 in late November.
Lying on her hospital bed, she recorded a video on her cell phone and posted it on her Facebook page on Dec. 4, saying her fight against the virus was made worse by the treatment she received from a doctor in that hospital.
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