Race-based request sidelined Michigan nurse... A nurse is suing a hospital claiming it agreed to man's request that no African-Americans care for his baby., Tonya Battle, who has worked at the facility for 25 years at Hurley Medical Center in Flint. The man approached Battle, while she was caring for his child in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, asking to speak to her supervisor, The man, who is not named in the filing, allegedly showed her a tattoo that may have been "a swastika of some kind" and told her that he didn't want African-Americans involved in his baby's care , The request was granted. Battle's manager called her at home to tell her she would be reassigned, Battle was shocked and in disbelief, A note made its way onto prominent spot on the baby's medical chart, "Please, no African-American nurses to care for ... baby per dad's request.". The hospital's lawyer then objected to the decision, and the note was removed. The staff then told the father that they could no long honor his request, according to the complaint. Even so for more than a month no African American nurses were assigned to care of the child.
