She planned to have a smooth delivery. Now the hospital is under investigation for her death

Los Angeles hospital accused of ignoring Black woman's pain and neglecting her as baby's father gave her CPR

April Valentine planned to have a complication-free delivery and to enjoy her life as a first-time parent to a healthy baby girl. Instead, California's department of health and human services is investigating the circumstances of the Black woman's death during childbirth at an Inglewood hospital.

Valentine, a 31-year-old Black woman, went to Centinela hospital in Inglewood on 9 January and died the next day. Her daughter Aniya was born via an emergency caesarean section. Her family and friends say that staff at the hospital ignored the pregnant woman's complaints of pain, refused to let her doula be in the hospital room during the birth and neglected Valentine as her child's father performed CPR on her.