An unnamed patient who had been referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) from the Suddie Hospital has died.
In a press release, the GPHC said the patient who delivered a baby at the Suddie Hospital was referred to GPHC on May 10. She had “arrived at the Accident and Emergency Unit (A&E) in an unconscious state intubated and ambu bagged,” the release stated.
These measures are used as part of resuscitation measures employed when patients are not breathing properly.
After arrival she was transferred to the intensive care unit and subsequently died on May 15.
According to the release GPHC expresses sincere condolences to the family of the unnamed woman on whom a post-mortem examination is to be performed to ascertain the cause of death.
