A five-month-old baby, who was stricken with bronchopneumonia, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Sunday after she was apparently misdiagnosed with chikungunya.
The baby, Eimi Patterson, fell sick three weeks ago and she was taken to the hospital for treatment only to be diagnosed with chikungunya, according to her 25-year-old mother Cindy Best.
Stabroek News made several attempts yesterday to contact the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital Michael Khan but was unsuccessful in reaching him for a comment on the case.
Best told Stabroek News that her daughter started coughing nonstop. She said it was so loud she could have heard a gurgling sound in the baby’s stomach.
“My baby wasn’t eating and she was losing weight, so I get scared and I carry her to the hospital and they