Indián Jackson, 35, worked at Pardee Memorial Hospital for five years. When she first started the job, she thought she’d made it.
“I really enjoyed the job title,” she told the Citizen Times. “It's a well-known hospital in this area. As far as people in Hendersonville, you tell them that you're working for this hospital they're like, ‘Oh, wow.’”
Pardee Memorial Hospital is part of the University of North Carolina medical system. It is the second largest employer in Henderson County, according to its website.
For Jackson, the hospital’s illustrious reputation began to fade soon after she started working there. According to a lawsuit she filed in Henderson County Superior Court last November, beginning in 2016 she was subjected to a hostile, racist work environment. It led her to develop PTSD and forced her to resign in October 2020.