Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

Medical Condescension Can be Deadly

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Anna Brown, a St. Louis-based homeless woman, needed treatment for a sprained ankle.  She went to three emergency rooms seeking treatment.  In the third hospital, St. Mary’s Health Center, Brown was emphatic about needing care.  Instead of being treated, she was arrested for trespassing, and died in a jail cell.  […]

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