Stillbirths at GPHC for two women denied recommended C-section

Savita Paltoo

With pain attacking her body in steady waves the thought foremost on her mind was the well-being of her unborn child. As she struggled to deliver a 4.4 kilo baby she kept telling medical personnel around her that she needed a caesarean (C-section) but they laughed; laughter was the last thing Seelochanie Ramlochan wanted or expected to hear from them.

Ramlochan, 37, delivered a still-born baby on September 23. Negligence by staff at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), she insists, resulted in her child’s death. This is the latest in a string allegations levelled