The mother of the baby who suffered a fractured shoulder and respiratory failure during delivery at the Georgetown Public Hospital has said her complaint has been acknowledged by the hospital but she is yet to be contacted for a follow up.
Jaenann Roberts had previously told this newspaper that her son, Delon Immanuel, suffered a fractured right shoulder while being delivered at the Georgetown Public Hospital on March 26. She had complained that the blame for this was solely on the hospital’s staff.
Almost two months after Roberts delivered her baby, she told this newspaper that she is yet to receive an apology for the unpleasant experience. Since speaking to this newspaper in April, she made a complaint at the hospital and showed this newspaper a letter where the hospital acknowledged the complaint. She said that she was contacted by someone who claimed to be from the Ministry of Health and who explained that they would be checking both her and her baby’s chart at the hospital but she said that she is yet to get any feedback since then.
Immanuel, the mother said, was taken to the hospital’s clinic, where his cast was removed but his arm is still swollen from the injury. She said that her son is still in pain and she can tell by the way he flinches when his arm is touched. She will be going back to the hospital on Monday to have the arm checked as recommended by the health workers when the cast was removed, she said. Roberts further said that she is yet to see an x-ray of the child’s arm from when it was first injured and even now after the cast was removed.
Roberts previously explained that at one point during the delivery she complained that she was having pains and could not continue pushing. Eventually, a doctor told her that the baby, who weighed 12lbs, was big and that it was stuck. The doctors then proceeded to re-position the child, which was still inside her with its head still stuck in the birth canal. She said that the re-positioning made it easier for the child to pass through but the aftermath was her son being injured. Roberts said that her son was gasping very loudly when he was born and she was later informed by the doctors that the child’s shoulder was fractured due to the position he was in while exiting her body. Roberts said the child was placed in the incubator for breathing support.
Roberts has since said that her son received the injuries due to negligence and she also said that the doctors gave no reassurance about her baby’s health. She said that she was not engaged by them to discuss the matter.
