A horrifying story coming out of Crown Point, Indiana, has gone viral online and been met with disgust, outrage, and anger for how a pregnant Black woman was treated by shockingly incompetent hospital staff.
According to ABC7Chicago, 38-year-old Mercedes Wells was forced to leave Franciscan Health hospital after six hours of enduring agonizing labor pains. When her contractions were just one minute apart, a nurse at the facility forced her to leave.
“I was in excruciating pain. She seen me in pain and agony, and I guess she still perceived me to not be in labor,” Mercedes said. “Upon returning to the room she’s like ‘Well, if you aren’t further along in your centimeters then, you know, we gotta send you home””
Just eight minutes later, on the side of the road, Wells and her husband Leon

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