A pregnant woman says she was turned away from Franciscan Health Crown Point in Crown Point, Indiana, despite being in active labor — and gave birth in her husband’s car only minutes later.

The mother, Mercedes Wells, spoke with reporters on Tuesday with U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, who plans to introduce a bill to make ...

The mom who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from an Indiana hospital has been ...

Franciscan Health Doctor And Nurse Fired for wrongly discharging Mercedes Wells while she was in labor with her daughter ...

Franciscan Health Crown Point announced Friday that the hospital has fired a nurse and doctor involved in turning away a ...

Chevrolet Silverado as her husband, Leon Wells, rushed her to another hospital. Wells' congresswoman, Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, said at a news conference on Nov. 25 she plans to ...

Franciscan Health Indianapolis this week announced plans to build a new $60 million, 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital ...

The plight of Mercedes Wells, who was turned away from an Indiana hospital, reflects a bleak national reality — and a classic ...

The doctor and nurse who attended to a Chicago mother who was discharged from a northwest Indiana hospital shortly before giving birth earlier this week are no longer with that hospital, the ...

Franciscan Health’s current rehabilitation services include physical and occupational therapy, speech and language pathology ...

Franciscan Health saves 45M by migrating its Epic EHR to Microsoft Azure, cutting costs and improving disaster recovery times.

In spring of 2023, Bob Everson knew he needed some extra help caring for his wife of 62 years, Barbara, who was ailing. She ...