CHARLOTTE — A grieving mom told our partners at the Charlotte Observer that just days after her baby’s death, she got a call that traumatized her.
LaChunda Hunter said the call was from a doctor at Presbyterian Medical Center. He told Hunter he was very optimistic about her baby named Legacy. But confusion gave way to a joy that was short-lived.
“I literally screamed. I jumped up from the dining room and all I could do was run in my room. I don’t know what that was going to do but I ran in my room,” Hunter said. “And I was screaming and my assistant said, ‘wait a minute, you just told her her baby was dead, what do you mean?’ And he said, ‘is this Ms. Hunter?’ And she said, ‘yes.’ And he just hung the phone up.”
>> Read the emotional story, including the Observer’s investigation into how hospitals respond to mistakes, on their website.
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