The AFU and Urban Legend Archive
Death
Charles Drew
 charles drew npr




From: da825@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard N Kitchen)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Charles Drew story debunked on NPR
Date: 25 Feb 1994 00:09:21 GMT

Last night, National Public Radio did a report on the debunking of the Doctor Charles Drew legend.

The legend is that Dr. Drew, the developer of blood plasma, was allowed to bleed to death in an all-white hospital in the South in 1950 because he was black, and no one would treat him there.

Dr. Drew's daughter, who is a member of the District of Columbia city council, wrote an article for the Washington Post attempting to debunk the legend last week, and NPR interviewed her and someone else who is doing a book on Dr. Drew.

Apparently, Dr. Drew did die from excessive bleeding at a white hospital in the South, but his white doctors did everything they could do to save his life. An attempt was made to ship him to another hospital, but only because they had better facilities.

Rick "Not an expert on this subject, either" Kitchen


Any proceeds (net proceeds from merchandise sales) from TAFKAC solely benefit The Chuck Reed Fund.

Copyright Information

http://tafkac.org/