Woman dies in childbirth

Dec 29, 2009 News

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Poor medical response and a non-functioning operating theatre at the spanking new Linden Hospital Complex are being blamed for the tragic death of a 35-year-old mother of three and her unborn baby.

Dead: Tricia Winth

Tricia Winth died at the recently commissioned medical facility shortly before 14:00 hours on Sunday, six hours after she was admitted for the delivery of what would have been her fourth child.
Her husband, Eusibo Winth, told this newspaper that his wife went to the hospital around 7:30 am on Sunday in severe pain.
According to the man, his wife who was hypertensive, could hardly walk and was suffering spells of headache when she arrived at the hospital.
Upon arrival there, she was examined by nurses who reportedly told her that she was not ready to deliver after examining her.
This was despite the woman producing evidence of a complicated pregnancy, which was obtained from an ultrasound performed on her on Christmas Eve Day.
Eusibo Winth related that while in hospital, his wife’s blood pressure kept fluctuating and nobody took the time to summon a doctor.
The doctor was eventually summoned some four hours later, but by that time, Tricia Winth began suffering from seizures.
This newspaper was told that the doctor who turned up informed that although he was not officially on call, he would have made himself available if he was contacted earlier.
By then a normal delivery was ruled out even as medical personnel battled to control the woman’s blood pressure. It was also too late to transfer the woman to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
To compound matters the operating theatre at the billion-dollar hospital was inoperable, putting an end to any plans to perform Caesarian section to deliver the baby.
In the end Tricia Winth perished with her baby inside her.
Eusibo Winth told this newspaper that the doctor tried his best but his efforts were not enough to save the lives of his wife and her baby.
A post mortem examination will be performed on Tricia Winth’s body to determine the cause of her death.