Negin Behazin vs Dignity Health

Here we discuss Negin Behazin vs Dignity Health. Negin Behazin was fired from her job at Dignity Health Mercy General Hospital after she told her bosses that she wanted to transition to live as a woman. Today, she took the hospital to court in California, saying they unlawfully discriminated against her based on her gender identity and religion. This case will set an important precedent in the fight for equal treatment of transgender workers across the United States. Read on to learn more about this landmark case.

Negin Behazin vs. Dignity Health: Who Will Win the Battle for Better Health Care?

Health care has been a hot-button issue in the U.S. for years, and the battle between Negin Behazin and Dignity Health is just one of many battles to come. Negin Behazin, an oncologist from Massachusetts, is suing the Catholic hospital network for refusing to provide her with a referral for a breast cancer patient because she does not prescribe artificial birth control or abortion pills. The two companies have been at odds for months now, as Dignity Health has refused to hire any more doctors who do not meet its policies. 

Both sides claim that their way of providing health care will lead to better treatment and patient outcomes. But only time will tell who will win the battle for better healthcare in America.

Negin Behazin Sues Dignity Health For Gender Discrimination

In the act of courage and defiance, Negin Behazin, the former CEO of a California hospital, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer for alleged gender discrimination. Negin was fired from her position at Riverside Community Hospital in 2015 because she had been sick for six months and took time off to recover. The complaint filed by Negin alleges that when she returned to work after recovering from cancer treatment and taking maternity leave, she found that the hospital’s board of directors had voted unanimously to terminate her contract. I was shocked, said Ms. Behazin in an interview with the New York Times. It was clear they were not going to let me come back.

The suit also alleges that two male executives were offered similar opportunities as Ms.

Negin Behazin Sues Dignity Health for Violating Her Right to Dignity

In June 2018, Negin Behazin filed suit against Dignity Health for failing to provide her with a safe and dignified birthing experience. The lawsuit alleges that the hospital failed to accommodate her request for a natural birth, ignored her wishes not to have an episiotomy (a surgical cut used to enlarge the opening of the vagina), and deprived her of adequate pain management. In addition, the lawsuit claims that she was not provided with adequate nutrition or hydration during labor. 

After being transferred from one hospital to another to give birth, Behazin had an emergency C-section because she was already 10 cm dilated.