A doctor and nurse who discharged a pregnant woman in active labor from an Indiana hospital just minutes before she said she gave birth in a vehicle on the side of the road have been fired following an internal investigation, the hospital's CEO announced Friday.

Franciscan Health Crown Point President and CEO Raymond Grady said viral video of the situation was "difficult to watch."

"We failed to listen to Mrs. Wells’ concerns. As an experienced mother who publicly acknowledged having previously given birth at our hospital with a positive experience, she knew something was not right," Grady said in a statement. "We must fix what failed in our hospital so that no one experiences what happened to Mercedes Wells."

Mercedes Wells posted on social media that she went to Franciscan Hospital

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