Health Ministry probes allegations against Dr. C.C. Nicholson Hospital

Jun 26, 2012 News

…after mother delivers in barber shop

Nandy Collins, 23, of 62 Main Street, Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara, is now home resting and enjoying her new born baby boy, which was delivered at a barber shop at Nabacalis on the East Coast of Demerara.

Nandy Collins and her new born baby boy

She said that around 19:00 hours last Saturday she was accompanied by her partner to the Dr. CC Nicholson Hospital at Nabacalis where they were told by the security guard on duty at that time that there was no doctor on call to do deliveries and that the hospital is closed.
Collins said the pain was so severe that they had no choice but to stop at a barber shop in the same vicinity to inquire if there was any nurse or mid wife in the area to render assistance.
She said the proprietor of the barber shop, Devon Sam, was about to close up his barber shop when her child’s father approached him and asked if he knew any nurse in the area since he had gone to the hospital, and the gate was closed and no one was responding to his calls.
She said she eventually gave birth in the barber shop with assistance from the barber and was then transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) by a taxi with assistance from her family members, since the ambulance at the Enmore Hospital was unavailable.
The woman said that although she is grateful to the barber for his assistance she feels somewhat embarrassed that she had to give birth to her son in a barber shop and not in a hospital under the care of a doctor or a nurse.
She added that when she arrived at GPHC, before she could have received assistance, the nurses, without asking any questions, started to accuse her of being out partying, which prevented her from making it on time to the GPHC.
She said that she was forced to explain the situation to the nurses.
The young mother said that her baby is healthy and that she is happy to be alive