Article 5YXPK LA Hospital Sued for Death of Black Woman Shortly After Giving Birth

LA Hospital Sued for Death of Black Woman Shortly After Giving Birth

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Candace McDuffie
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During a news conference outside of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Charles Johnson IV-the husband of Kira Dixon Johnson-explained that the hospital engaged in racist practices that resulted in his wife's death. Black women are three times more likely to die during childbirth, a fact that Johnson...

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