The husband of maternity patient, Nadira Tulsie, of 41 Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant, Corentyne, who died at around 9 pm last Saturday, is seeking answers as to why his wife was transferred to the COVID-19 hospital in Georgetown as she was fully vaccinated and did not show any signs of the virus.
Vicky Gangapersaud told Stabroek News that his five-months pregnant wife who suffered from asthma went to the Port Mourant Hospital around 5 am on Saturday because she ‘took in’ with the condition. He said the nurse put her outside to sit and wait. At around 8 am the nurse called her inside and gave her an injection, then told her to wait outside again. The nurse then called her back inside and transferred her to the New Amsterdam Hospital from where she was subsequently transferred to the COVID hospital in Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.
Gangapersaud said that he did not know at that time that the doctors would have transferred her to the COVID hospital but instead his brother went to the Georgetown Public Hospital thinking that she was there. He said that he did not see the need for her to go to the Liliendaal facility since she was fully vaccinated and she was with the family and there were no symptoms of COVID.