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Less than one week after a woman reported that she was turned away while in active labor, Franciscan Health Crown Point has taken corrective action, including firing the nurse and physician directly involved.

Franciscan Health Crown Point President and CEO Raymond Grady responded to claims by Mercedes Wells, a Dolton woman, that she was told to leave the hospital while in active labor. Wells then had to give birth to her fourth daughter, Alena, in her car while assisted by her husband, Leon Wells.

Leon Wells posted multiple videos on Facebook taken by Mercedes Wells’ mother on Sunday, which showed her leaving the hospital, holding her baby in their car and crying while in labor.

“Compassionate concern is absent when a caregiver fails to list

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