What seemed like a routine cholecystectomy (gallstone removal surgery) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for a 45-year-old East Coast Demerara (ECD) teacher ended tragically and her family is calling for a comprehensive investigation into the post-operative care given to patients at the facility.
Saturday coming was planned as a day of celebration with her family for Shonnata Rowena Sawh who would have graduated with a degree in Education Studies from the University of Guyana on December 9. Instead, they are now planning her cremation and are still trying to come to grips with how a reportedly successful surgery could so suddenly end tragically for their loved one. Sawh is the niece of former President Donald Ramotar.
It was not possible to elicit a comment from the GPHC yesterday on Sawh’s death.