“Dastardly Cover Up at Texas Children’s Hospital Black Family Jolted by Medical Staff and Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office with NO Answers”

Jeff Logan and Kimberly Washington, of Houston, Texas were overjoyed at the new addition to the family, a baby boy, whom they named Micah Khalid Logan. The parents’ family structure was now complete; 1 girl and now, 1 little boy. However, nothing could have prepared the new parents for what loomed around the corner just 9 months later. As doting parents, they never imagined any health matters since Micah was after all a very happy, healthy baby.

The sudden shift in events; Micah’s stool coloration concerned Kimberly and Jeff, so they decided to take Micah for a checkup in hopes of getting answers as to what had happened.

The family was met with hostile hospital staff at Herman’s where they initially took Micah and according to the father, Jeff, were rudely instructed to take the baby to Texas Children's Hospital which led to the unthinkable happening.

At Texas Children's Hospital the doctor, Dr. Douglas Fishman instructed the family the baby had gall stones and it would be a quick fix, however, nothing came close to the procedure being a quick fix. Why would a family be denied information from a medical staff treating their child? The death cover-up as the parents believe. A 30-minute procedure for gall stones turned into hours of misinformation, no information and ultimately the death of then 10-month-old Micah. But no one has provided answers. And the other sad finding is the baby did not have gall stones.

According to Health Equity: Inequitable Access to Healthcare's Roots Article published on March 08, 2022, clearly denotes: Centuries of racism in the United States have altered migration patterns and impacted access to resources, including healthcare. One component of health equity is accessible proximity to hospitals. The Hospital Survey and Construction Act of 1946, known as the Hill-Burton Act, provided funding to construct hospitals throughout the country and allowed for racial segregation in hospital access. This engrained overt healthcare segregation for nearly twenty years before passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Medicare legislation in 1965. Hospital access remains unequal because socioeconomic factors such as wealth, insurance coverage, educational attainment, and trust of healthcare providers are influenced by systemic racism and curtail the likelihood of hospitals locating in historically marginalized communities.

The inequity Logan and Washington experienced is being lobbied at the highest level to the U.S. Senate Health Committee to hold hearings and request open investigation in the tragic death of the Logan’s 10-month-old baby son, Micah.

“We are looking to get JUSTICE,” the father said. “And nothing will deter us from getting to the truth wherever it leads.”

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