Jamaican philanthropist Carol Picart donates medical equipment to public hospitals

The donation includes two ventilators and an endoscopy unit — comprising a gastroscope and colonoscope — valued at J$34.6 million for KPH. Cornwall Regional and Black River hospitals will each receive a ventilator and incubator, valued at J$5.57 million and J$1.5 million, respectively. Ms. Picart said she was moved to act after learning of the […]

Lawsuit says a Black woman bled to death because of a hospital’s culture of racism

LOS ANGELES — The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 sued Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday, saying she bled to death because of a culture of racism at the renowned Los Angeles hospital. Charles Johnson IV said he discovered the disparity in care women of color receive at Cedars […]