Doctor Refuses to Treat Black Girl Because He Thinks They Don’t Have Money to Pay — When Her Father Arrives, He Directly Loses His Job. The emergency room at St. Mary’s Hospital was eerily still that Tuesday morning. The soft hum of fluorescent lights filled the air as twelve-year-old Ava Thompson, a young Black girl, stumbled in clutching her stomach. Her face was pale with pain, her breath shallow, and her steps weak. Beside her was her aunt, Carla Williams, who had rushed her there after Ava