Pioneering Congresswoman Died ‘Terrible’ Death Due to Medical Neglect: Family

The late former Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson died due to medical negligence that left her immobile and lying in a bed covered in her own feces for at least an hour, her family alleged during a Thursday press conference.

Family members indicated that they plan to file suit against the Dallas medical center where she died of an infection, the Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation, unless a settlement can be reached over the next few weeks.

Johnson broke barriers growing up in Dallas, becoming the first Black nurse at the city’s Veterans Administration Hospital in 1956 and later became the first Black state senator to represent the city.

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