Inglewood hospital fined $75,000 for failures that led to maternal death

California regulators have fined Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood $75,000 for “deficient practices” that led to the death of a patient admitted for labor and delivery. California regulators have fined Centinela Hospital Medical Center $75,000 after faulting the Inglewood hospital for “deficient practices” that led to a patient dying while admitted there for labor and delivery. The $75,000 fine will not bring them justice, Marton said, “but it is a step in the right direction as we must hold Centinela accountable and ensure that such preventable tragedies never happen again.” Centinela Hospital is part of the Prime Healthcare system, which said in a statement that it is “in continual pursuit of ensuring the highest quality of care and forwarding health equity for all patients and our community” and cited recent accolades for the Inglewood hospital. The healthcare system did not comment directly on the fine, but Prime Healthcare’s vice president of communications and public relations, Elizabeth Nikels, said in an email, “We continue to express our deepest condolences to the family of Ms. Valentine.” Roughly two weeks after Valentine died, the California Department of Public Health made an unannounced visit to the Inglewood hospital to investigate a complaint alleging “inadequate care” led to the death of a patient who was admitted there for labor, according to its report.