The maternal health center at Centinela Hospital in Los Angeles is closing in October after an investigation. The family of April Valentine filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful death and negligence after the 31-year-old mother’s death last January. NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah reports.
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This is very tragic. I am hearing too many of these cases lately.
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I’ve been in this hospital twice for myself, the first time I was there I believed I had broken my foot. I sat & sat for hours. I was never seen beyond being checked in.
The second time I was rushed to this hospital not able to breathe due to covid. The ER doctor was extremely rude, “I bet you wish you took the vaccine now.” Mind you, they are frantically trying to get me hooked up to all the machines to help & that’s what she said. That was my 1 & only interaction with her. My sister in law sat in the lobby having a miscarriage. They didn’t see her until it was over. I pray I’m never in a predicament that causes me to return to this hospital. I’d take King over Centinela at this point.
They need to check they bedside manners doesn’t matter what you decide to do it’s they job to show respect not judge base on that help is all you looking for
Cedar Sinai or UCLA hospital systems need to take over that hospital
I shouldn’t have laughed, but “bet you wish you took the vaccine” was hilarious, lol.
Obviously, to be vaccinated was and still is a personal choice, but all those people taking to social media to actively discourage being vaccinated would’ve deserved hearing such a thing.
This is so sad and disgusting. My heart goes out to the victim and all of her loved ones. 🙏🏾🕊💗🕊🙏🏾
How can you be an obstetrician and decide when you feel like being bothered with the birth? It’s the baby that decides, not the doctor. They know that when they sign up for this job.
No coincidence the institutional racism is in all sectors of this country
Kevin Samuels told yall about the DANGER ZONE… but yall thought it was a JOKE!!!!!
Here we go, another Black woman dead giving child birth!
This is a national emergency.
🥺😔🌎🕊️💝🙇🏿♀️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Amen
CLOSE THE WHOLE MF HOSPITAL DOWN THEN!! TF ARE THEY WAITING ON? … OF COURSE THEY’RE DENYING ALL ALLEGATIONS!! 🚮 THE WHOLE MATERNITY WARD!!
In the United States it is safer as a black woman to give birth at home than to give birth in a hospital. Period.
This is terrible, very sad. Black women cant go to the hospital and come out healthy and alive after generations of giving birth smh
I am a registered nurse in the Los Angeles area, and let me tell you, Centinela has a terrible reputation in the medical community. They are usually short-staffed and usually ran by novice health professionals because of the horrible pay/job conditions. To top this off there is already a major issue present in healthcare with black maternal fatality. It’s so sad that this family is going through this.
@Ellenah M Mane – I no longer live in the area.
@Rants Of A Grumpy Old Lady It’s a couple of streets over from Prarie. You could walk to So-Fi stadium from there.
@Rants Of A Grumpy Old Lady this hospital is in Inglewood , CA.
@Vicky True What ? 😳
OMG I they should always be held accountable
This is disgusting. May she RIP, and may justice be done.
Black women, we are under attack. 😢
#ThisIsAmerica. 💔🇺🇸
Medical neglect! Medical professions still believe we have less pain and are addicts. All of these hospitals need to be watched with a magnifying glass.
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I’m very sorry this mother I hope the family get justice for her death.
In North America, black women are three times more likely to die due to pregnancy-related (pregnancy, labor + delivery, postpartum) issues than non-black women. There are many more alarming statistics too, well-studied over the last 20 or so years. People need to fight. All people. The stats I’ve seen and the horror stories I’ve heard should make anyone want to throw up snd cry simultaneously.
Mans really said “I didn’t do that, I wasn’t even there”
Literally NO words 😢 wow
As someone who works regularly in a labor & delivery ward, every single one of these failures is shocking by itself, but together amount to nothing short of homicide. They actively allowed her to die and watched it happen. The ward being closed is only the first step that should be taken, charges should absolutely follow.
This should be a warning to women everywhere to not have kids.
Heartbreaking. That beautiful baby girl will never know her momma and that’s so sad.
Caution! Those U-Shaped pillows are for breast feeding only. They are Not for babies to sleep with. Several babies have died from suffocation sleeping with those pillows!!
We all know the arrogance of doctors and we also know nurses feelings run the gamut from being overwhelmed to just plain lazy so this was a multi faceted failure, and everyone should lose their credentials. A year or three in jail wouldn’t hurt either.
Centinela.. has been neglectful for many years. Hate to say… All hospitals should be equal. This 1 is trash .
The hospital needs to be closed down !!!
I am sad such a young woman with that faith, was lost, but also think about her faith. Maybe God had taken her to expose these criminals. She might have saved a lot of lives. My condolences to her family and may justice be served.
So sad…. It’s Ridiculous how black mothers are treated and basically murdered during childbirth….
Most of what these women die from complications that could have been preventable, they do this intentionally.
We black women are humans too!!!! This is sad and wrong.
Its always a black woman im so afraid to have a baby because me and my partner are black 😆
Sue them for 40 million dollars ❤ kiria kiria kiria
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Nothing is being done in the lack of care for women of color…. so many black women are dying in childbirth and our concerns are never heard not only in maternity care but healthcare in general. It’s not just lower income families….let’s not forget about Serena Williams. Most recently the doctor and hospital that allegedly decapitated a newborn to a black mother 😢
As a black woman, this is my biggest fear in regards to having a child. I don’t trust the healthcare system to give me decent/fair care.
Of course we need nurses and doctors, and plenty of them are great. But, all of those degrees don’t necessarily get rid of biases and bad attitudes in some of these people.
Block women stop having babies in hospitals
Can’t blame the doctor if they were not called. Nurses should know when to page doctors. This seemed like more than enough reason to call the doctor
When folk have to take care of their own in a Maternity ward. Prayers 💙🙏🏾💙💔🥲
Hosptials actively ignore complaints and retaliate against people who speak up. The health care system is flawed.
Maybe Judge Hatchet can look into this!
Let me correct the journalist: “Clearly every life doesn’t matter.” I’m not pregnant but I am constantly having to push back to be heard by physicians. And don’t let me start on their unspoken idea that we handle pain differently or don’t need pain medication. I’m so incredibly frustrated right now and have been for the past 2 1/2 years. God bless that family and that baby who will have to grow up without her mother because she wasn’t heard by the people who were their to hear her and care for her.
Omg! He had to perform CPR himself! That is traumatizing! I am a nurse and the way some doctors treat nurses and bully them, making them second guess calling them is an issue. Then when the situation explodes you better believe nurses become scapegoats. Nurses always take appropriate action within your scope of practice and protect yourself and patients to the best of your ability. Speak up about hostile work environments! Get HR documentation. Profession expectations need to be enforced across the board, including courtesy and respect for all members of the healthcare team. God bless this woman and her family.
Our Black brothers and sisters deserve so much better than this. 😔
So what was her cause of death I wonder?
This is beyond horrible!
DVT (clot/leg swelling) that dislodged likely to either her heart or brain.
@jess_a_yoOh God ☹️
God bless Her And her beautiful daughter and family 😢😢🙏🏾💕
And they force women to keep their pregnancy when they treat women like this
Those nurses and doctors need to be in jail. Period and I am a nurse
It’s important we do our research on these hospitals, but at the end of the day we may never know. RIP to the young lady so sad!
how can you NOT preform CPR???!?!?!??!?!? HOWW?!?!?!
If you’re a woman or color seek a blck doula these yte women don’t have your best interest in mind. That poor woman…
Don’t get epidurals go natural it’s the anesthesiologist that did!
She probably knew that’s why she wrote all those affirmation’s.😢
Ask the woman who is going through labor who she hates.
Lock up all personnel responsible, NOW!!!!!
God bless April Valentine and her family. Justice will be served Amen. Protect our Women!
My heart breaks. If your in medical field and are guilty of Racial profiling, that’s murder and either the death plenty or 20 years jail time is needed.
Systemic racism!!!
I hope the baby will own that hospital for this lack of medical care that killed her mother 😢
i get the hospital fails but i see from this video like most americans obesity is your biggest problem. You don’t care about your own health but want some company to care about it.
I would sue everyone involved….everyone 😢
May she Rip 🙏🏾
Excellent reporting this must stop.
The hospital should have to pay child support on this child!!! Plus t
Whatever they get from the trial
This is such a shame ,,,,,baby is beautiful,,,condolences to her family ,,,Justice for April
We have 1 doctor decapitating babies and another that wont do CPR. this is crazy and demonic
And people wonder why birth rates are declining. The healthcare system is a joke!
That poor man. 😢 Freaking unacceptable
Tbh I’ve worked in the health care industry and there were only 2 nurses on my floor (therapy department) who decided to pursue nursing bc it was their calling the other 8 told me they only got into the field bc of the money i was there for 9 yrs those money grubbing nurses didn’t last long by the time i moved on to a better position most of them were gone. A few quit bc they couldn’t handle the pressure a couple were fired bc they kept making serious mistakes ( 1 of the fired caused a death) 2 went on to work in environmental services and the rest resigned to go work in another hospital. One of these ex nurses said she wanted to be able to afford a bmw truck and to live downtown in a condo. I’ve seen it first hand majority have no compassion and its all about their pocketbooks. Oh and the one who went in to sanitation had to work 2 other jobs just to keep her dream vehicle and condo .
Yep, let’s be real here I work with all nurses most of the nurses get into the field because of the pay or to hopefully Marry a doctor and not have to work. It’s a shorter degree. You can get your associates in nursing and start working after two years or you can get your bachelors. Doctors can be grumpy because of the stress and demand but very rarely, is it because they don’t like what they do. They had a very long training and enough time to make them think of whether they actually wanted this or not. In my experience in the healthcare field, the shorter the degrees the more there are people who aren’t in it for the right reasons because they can get it done with real quick without having a whole lot of time to think about it and experience what they need to see. The longer the education and training time the more likely they’re in it for the right reasons. There’s a lot of narcissistic nurses out there with the savior complex. It’s fairly easy to get into nursing school as well meaning that they’re not properly vetting people and the students don’t have enough experience to make that decision whether they really want it or not. If you want to go to med school, you have to do years of research clinical experience, shadow, etc . Which helps you make an informed decision on what the actual experience will be like. I’m not trying to talk crap on all nurses I know some very kind and loving nurses. But for the majority that is not the case.
I’m 2 weeks pregnant and I’m black. I’m not having my baby in a hospital. I’m going to do it at home by myself. I’ll google everything that I need to know. If y’all don’t hear from me after May 2024 that means I f’d up and died.
This is horrible 😢
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😢 🙏🏾 This is just horrible! 💔
I pray they get justice, how tf you don’t perform CPR, and why encourage an epidural, just for extra money??? Disregard this woman’s health & safety smh. I wish more women understood, the pain is temporary and you’re better off without an epidural.
This is heartbreaking! Such a beautiful baby! I’m glad the family is demanding justice! RIP beautiful mama!
They need to shut that hospital DOWN. I almost died in that place. I’m a Heart Patience that was in distress and the service was terrible.
Shut that place down
I’m so sorry for the family lost
Blessings for better days 🙏🏽
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They killed her!
rest in peace beautiful Queen. No one faint should have to go through this i’m so sorry for your loss 😩💔😢
😢 I’m speechless😢 RIP beautiful, I worked in health care for over 18yrs. Be your own advocate demand perfection follow the line of protocol to get results if your not satisfied with your health care, be dammed if they say your pushy it’s your life that’s on the line. All health care systems have a my chart it’s a great way to communicate with your doctor.
Thanks Lord for your salvation
Thanks Lord for your peace
This is so tragic,I’m sick and tired of people making this about race yet again it’s ridiculous
This is so sad. Prayers and justice for the beautiful angel and her family. I’m pregnant with twins and just switched OBs because she and her staff were very incompetent and more negligible. Please ladies research the hospital, physicians, nurses, and staff befor trusting them. Just because they say they’re in medicine doesn’t mean they’re competent
Get a lawyer so that beautiful baby will never have to want for anything again… except her mother. 😢
Murder!
Reading her Affirmations Board is what finally made my eyes water. RIP to a very conscious, proactive Sis. You’re good. You did The Work. <3
So scary to hear of the reoccurring situations by cousin isn’t here because of the same stuff 4 years back . Her child is here but no mother . This scares me to the core.
Happens more often than you think to black moms Hispanics etc
It’s been my experience that’ an irritable doctor and not no doctor till the end of delivery is normal. Some insurances don’t even allow for doctor visits, you have to use a practical nurse or a midwife.
Wow this is ridiculous
RIP Beautiful 🙏🏽❤️
Only in the USA that every single day I am hearing about Black women losing their life while giving birth. I am a Black woman living in Canada and I had two high-risk pregnancies and the care I receive was top by Gods ‘grace.
This is not an anomaly nor is it a genetic predisposition.
Well, everyone involved will be enjoying life in fire eternity.
What does racism have to do with it . Some of the nurses was black apparently, . A. Hospital was neglect, systemic racism is ridiculous. It’s disgusting of them to play a victim , racism garbage again . The reality is the staff was black and other races . And in California, super liberial and still racism . Pitiful. My opinion
The hate for children in this country starts at the hospital. A lot of healthcare professionals don’t value the job they’re doing. You’re helping someone stay alive, you’re helping their loved ones enjoy them a little bit longer. This is precious. It’s not just a job. Please do better.
We are black in 🇺🇸
They don’t care bout us
She wants 666 million dollars