Devi Samaroo, who died at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital on Sunday after a stillbirth delivery, succumbed as a result of blood clots in her lungs, an autopsy has found.
Autopsies were performed yesterday on the bodies of Samaroo, 24, of Lot 85 Bloomfield, Corentyne, and her stillbirth baby girl, who she had delivered in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
In a statement released last night, the hospital said Samaroo died of a “massive bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism,” and explained that she had blood clots in both lungs. It also confirmed that the infant was found to have died of a congenital malformation, known as Ventral Septal Defect, which it explained is locally known as a hole in the heart, and is the second most common congenital heart defect, with a prevalence of 4 per 1000 births.