A black doctor, a UM graduate, recounts racist medical care in a viral video before he died of COVID

DETROIT – An Indiana hospital promises a complete overhaul of the treatment of a black doctor who died of coronavirus days before Christmas.

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Dr. Susan Moore, 52, originally from Michigan, went viral in early December when she recounted racist media attention, documenting her struggle with a hospital and a particular doctor.

In a post on Facebook, Moore said Dr. Bannec had a bad reputation for years.

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Moore earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 2002 and studied engineering at Kettering University in Flint. For years, he practiced at Grand Rapids.

He died in Indiana on Dec. 20 after recording a viral video that revealed racial biases in health.

“I maintain that if it was white, it shouldn’t go through that,” Moore said in the video.

Moore was admitted to Indiana North Health University Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. In the video, Moore said a white doctor ruled out his health problems.

“That’s how they kill blacks when you send them home and they don’t know how to fight for themselves,” Moore said in the Dec. 4 video.

Moore said the doctor treating her said she had no right to be treated with Remdesivir and that she had to repeatedly ask for a computed tomography scan. The scan showed inflammation of the lymph nodes and excess fluid in the lungs.

She was finally released, but only for 12 hours. As her condition deteriorated, she was admitted to another hospital, Ascencion St. Vincent, where he died of complications due to COVID.

The president and CEO of Indiana University Health issued a statement, which says in part:

The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected black men and women. In response, the state of Michigan initiated the Michigan Working Group on Racial Inequalities Against Coronavirus and required implicit prejudice training for health professionals.

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Since April, the Michigan Working Group on Racial Disparities on Coronavirus has been working to eliminate the impact COVID-19 has had on communities of color.

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