‘Carrying a Child That … Already Died’: Atlanta Hospital Staff Ate a Meal and Ignored Black Pregnant Woman While She Bled for Two Hours, Leading to Her Baby’s Death, Lawsuit Says

A Black woman and her husband are suing a hospital run by Emory University in Atlanta for medical malpractice, claiming she was denied emergency care there for two hours, leading to the death of her unborn son. Atlanta residents Crystal Bealing and Joshua McCreary filed a lawsuit in Fulton County State Court on Aug. 22, claiming gross negligence by doctors, nurses, and other staff of Emory University Hospital Midtown, who they say ignored the severe medical crisis that the 38-weeks-pregnant Bealing was experiencing when she staggered into their emergency room two years ago. According to her complaint, Bealing felt sharp contractions and severe pain while showering in her home around 8 p.m. on Aug. 22, 2022, and crawled out of the bathroom, unable to walk upright. Soon she was bleeding from her vaginal area and having trouble breathing, and McCreary drove her to Emory University Midtown Hospital, arriving at about 9:30 p.m. Crystal Bealing has filed a lawsuit against Emory Healthcare after she denied treatment at an Atlanta hospital. (Photos: Getty Images, Facebook/Crystal Bealing ) The lawsuit alleges that the couple informed at least five employees in the ER of her condition, which included severe pain in her stomach area,...