Source: PuiStocker65 / Getty A horrifying story coming out of Crown Point, Ind., has gone viral online and been met with disgust, outrage, and anger for how a pregnant Black woman was treated by shockingly incompetent hospital staff. According to ABC 7 Chicago, 38-year-old Mercedes Wells was forced to leave Franciscan Health hospital after six hours of enduring agonizing labor pains. When her contractions were just one minute apart, a nurse at the facility forced her to leave. "I was in excruciating pain.