A 41-year-old mother of five is now dead after being subjected to what appeared to have been a botched abortion prior to admission to the GPHC, according to hospital sources.
Carol Bollers, a resident of Tucville, Georgetown died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday, despite doctors’ efforts to save her life.
According to a press release issued by the hospital, the woman who was less than five months pregnant was admitted to the GPHC on Monday due to pregnancy complications. “She visited the Accident & Emergency Unit complaining of abdominal pains and ruptured membranes and was treated for spontaneous rupture of membranes but subsequently died”, the release stated.
Meanwhile, Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton in a brief comment on the woman’s death told Stabroek News that he personally visited the GPHC late yesterday afternoon after he learnt of the incident where he spoke with the doctors and was provided with certain information. However, Norton added that by midday today he is expecting to receive a full official report on his desk about Bollers’ death and at the same time he is also awaiting a post-mortem examination to be performed to ascertain the cause of death.
