Addressing Black maternal mortality in the South [facingsouth.org]

Laurie Udesky 3/4/219:37 AM

By Elisha Brown, Facing South, February 26, 2021

After Gloria De Los Santos gave birth to her second daughter 12 years ago, she hemorrhaged. She called for a nurse who suggested they go to the bathroom.

"When I got up, blood gushed out," said De Los Santos, who is Black. "My husband ran out to find a doctor because some of the nurses behind the desk weren't taking it seriously."

"What really got to me was that if my husband and that one nurse weren't there, I probably would have died," she said.

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