Maternal Mortality

Kira Dixon Johnson

Timeline of Kira Johnson's Fatal Mortality

2:31 PM: Kira Dixon Johnson went to Cesar Sinai Hospital for an ELECTIVE C-Section that ended in 17 MINUTES (2:48 PM)

4:40 PM: Johnson suffered abnormal bleeding due to the bladder flap not being stitched up

5:45 PM: Johnson had a blood clot through her skin incision. She got multiple blood infusions but she then exhibited “disseminated intravascular clotting” - the blood doesn't clot properly.

8:47 PM: Johnson’s surgeon, Dr. Arjang Naim, did not arrive to help Johnson until 8:47PM. He then ordered a CT scan and LEFT.

11:45 PM: Johnson’s condition worsened, Naim came back only wanting to observe despite others begging them to find the bleeding site.

12:25 AM: Johnson was taken back to the operating room, waiting for a general surgeon to assist Dr. Naim

1:15 AM: Kira Dixon Johnson's heart stopped beating.

According to the CDC, in 2019 Black women’s mortality rate was 44.0 deaths per 100,000 live births - 2x the rate of white women and 3x the rate of Hispanic women.

Globally, the United States is the only country where the maternal mortality rate has increased instead since 1990.

94% of maternal deaths are those of low-income or poor women.