Husband of Black Mother Who Died After Childbirth Sues Los Angeles Hospital
A man is suing a Los Angeles hospital after his wife, a Black woman, died hours after childbirth, saying cultural racism at the facility is to blame. NBC News reported Charles Johnson IV “said he discovered the…
A man is suing a Los Angeles hospital after his wife, a Black woman, died hours after childbirth, saying cultural Racism at the facility is to blame.
NBC News reported Charles Johnson IV “said he discovered the disparity in care women of color receive at Cedars compared to white women during depositions in his wrongful death lawsuit that is scheduled to go to trial next week in Los Angeles Superior Court.”
At a news conference outside of the hospital, Charles Johnson IV explained there is “no doubt in my mind that my wife would be here today and be here Sunday celebrating Mother’s Day with her boys if she was a Caucasian woman.”
He added, “The reality is that on April 12, 2016, when we walked into Cedars-Sinai hospital for what we expected to be the happiest day of our lives, the greatest risk factor that Kira Dixon Johnson faced was Racism.”
The outlet noted she died roughly 12 hours after doctors performed a scheduled cesarean section that took 17 minutes.
“This is sloppy. It was butchery,” attorney Nicholas Rowley said.
He continued, “It shocked everybody that we deposed, all the Health care providers, even the head of (obstetrics) here, the head of labor and delivery, looked at it and said ‘No, I’ve never seen one done that fast.'”