Kira Johnson is pictured in this file photo. Photo courtesy of Johnson family.
Washington, D.C. Charles Johnson said he quickly notified hospital staff when his wife’s catheter turned pink with blood. His wife, Kira Johnson, had just given birth to their second son during a scheduled cesarean section at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Staff examined his wife and ordered a CT scan, he said, but hours passed and no one performed the procedure.
“My wife was shivering uncontrollably because she was losing so much blood,” said Johnson, who was speaking during a recent congressional hearing examining the high rate of maternal mortality among Black women. “… I was begging and pleading, please do something, help her.”
Kira Johnson is pictured in this file photo. Photo courtesy of Johnson family.
Washington, D.C. Charles Johnson said he quickly notified hospital staff when his wife’s catheter turned pink with blood. His wife, Kira Johnson, had just given birth to their second son during a scheduled cesarean section at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Staff examined his wife and ordered a CT scan, he said, but hours passed and no one performed the procedure.
“My wife was shivering uncontrollably because she was losing so much blood,” said Johnson, who was speaking during a recent congressional hearing examining the high rate of maternal mortality among Black women. “… I was begging and pleading, please do something, help her.”