An 18-year-old North West District resident died yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) days after she had a caesarean-section operation during which she delivered a healthy baby girl.
Olinka Emmanuel of Sebai Village died around 7.20 yesterday morning in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital. Relatives said that the death came as a shock even though she had appeared unwell after being discharged from the institution on Friday.
This newspaper has since been told that while the GPHC is investigating the case, it is not being treated as a maternity death since Emmanuel died after she was readmitted to the institution. Officials are