Ordeal By Indiana Mother In Active Labor Forced To Deliver In Her Car Leads To Firing Of Doctor And Nurse

Mercedes Wells and her husband. Screenshot from a news report by Fox 32.

Mercedes Wells, a mother of four, gave birth to her daughter Alena in her husband’s car after being turned away from Franciscan Health Crown Point in Indiana, an incident that has now resulted in the termination of the doctor and nurse responsible.

The episode occurred on Nov. 16, when Wells and her husband, Leon, arrived at the hospital after notifying staff a day earlier that labor had begun…

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