The relatives of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo on Saturday filed a report at the New Amsterdam Police Station about the woman’s cellular phone and other articles that they say the New Amsterdam Hospital and health authorities have failed to hand over to them following the death of the woman and her baby.
Sahadeo’s mother, Claris Lewis on Saturday told this newspaper, that the family decided to file the report as they believe that there may be evidence on the woman’s phone against some medical professionals who may have treated her daughter.
A doctor and two nurses have been suspended from the New Amsterdam Hospital after the investigation into the deaths of Lewis-Sahadeo and her baby found them to be negligent. Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony had said further action would follow.
Lewis said yesterday that she believes that those found negligent should face charges for the death of her daughter and granddaughter.
However, the family is still in the dark as to who were the doctors and nurses that treated Lewis-Sahadeo or even those who were suspended.
Lewis-Sahadeo’s brother, Leon Lewis, 35, questioned why the family has not yet received an official report. “I don’t know if they waiting for us to bury her and then they will give us and then we can’t do back anything when she done bury,” he said.
Claris said on the day Lewis-Sahadeo passed away, her family was not able to find her phone, an earring, some cash and her clinic card. However, she said yesterday that when the Regional Health Officer, Dr. Vishalya Sharma, visited the home couple days ago “She say she forget to bring the phone.”
However, they are claiming that the following day when they contacted her they were told that the health officials were unable to locate the phone. They also contacted the Regional Chairman, David Armogan, who informed that the phone was not located either.
“She (Sharma) tell me how she go buy back one $100,000 phone and give we but we don’t want that… It’s not about the phone is what’s in the phone”, the mother stressed yesterday.
According to the grieving mother, Lewis-Sahadeo and a nurse previously had an exchange of words where she was allegedly threatened. Lewis-Sahadeo’s sister subsequently showed them a picture which the woman had sent to her showing that the said nurse was in her ward at the hospital.
The family also noted, that screenshots of some of the alleged threats were also in the phone.
The relatives believe that Lewis-Sahadeo may have taken more pictures and recordings with her phone.
Leon Lewis said his sister was always the type to document her experiences. “She’s always like that so maybe she record when she see something or when she noticed they aren’t doing what they supposed to be doing because she had three children already and the last thing she said was she had the phone on her bed when she talk to my mother the night,” he said.
The family said they are not pushing for the missing cash or earring as much but they want the woman’s phone and clinic card, which they hope will offer some clues as to her treatment.
