This was racial malpractice that took Amber.
We lost someone very, very, very important to us.
Amber was the light to everyone's life.
Her energy was just amazing. She was just so loving, so caring.
[correspondent] During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,
while giving birth to her son.
I know, you're ready for a bottle.
The fact that she never got to meet him, it really tears me apart.
[correspondent] Bruce McIntyre says his partner
at the
in th Bronx.
This would not have happened if Amber was white.
She would still be here.
[correspondent] According to McIntyre, red flags started to appear during Isaac's
when she couldn't get an in-person appointment due to the pandemic.
In March, she was just getting, like, Zoom conferences, telehealth.
They didn't give her a blood pressure monitor.
Amber's calling, reaching out, 'Hey, I need this. I need the results back from the blood work.'
You know, the baby's due date is close.
[correspondent] When Isaac received her test results, she learned that her
and was rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section.
Doctors learned Isaac had HELLP syndrome,
a serious condition that affects the blood and liver.
Days before going to the hospital Isaac sent her final tweet:
I said my goodbyes to Amber—-
I couldn't hug her, I couldn't kiss her.
I just had to, you know, try to talk her through it
'cause she was scared, she was nervous.
The last thing she had me doing was
talking and singing to her stomach.
That's what I did every night.
[correspondent] At age 26, Amber died during the C-section
with no family members around her.
Amber Rose Isaac,
such a sad story.
Because all the things that we know could go wrong did.
and she still lost her life.
These fractures in our health care system,
This
of women in general, is causing death.
Their symptoms not being listened to,
being turned away,
not being evaluated,
not being taken seriously,
those small choices can be
[correspondent] According to the CDC,
About
Really, our entire health care system
has to be revamped.
So that we make sure that people like Amber Rose Isaac
are seen and valued.
Especially as we move to more telemedicine
and not in-person health,
'cause that's here to stay,
We need to ensure that we look at Amber Rose Isaac's case
as an
of what we really need to do differently.
[correspondent] In a statement, the Montefiore Medical Center said:
I used to sing to him and everything,
play the piano for him and Amber
while he was in her womb,
and he always heard music, right?
Yeah, you always heard music.
[correspondent] In honor of Isaac,
McIntyre started the
to raise awareness about the racial inequality Black women face
during pregnancy.
Amber was very big on her community.
With Save A Rose, I want to do, like, a lot of
community engagements.
I'm working with Birth from The Earth.
Right now, we just put together
a scholarship program that
so whatever insurance doesn't cover, this program covers.
And that's in Amber's honor.
We have to fight for what's right.
So that's all of the morals that I want Elias growing up with.
I want him to carry that out throughout his lifetime.
Everything that we're doing,
I want him to be able to continue.