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Ministry of Health awaits report on maternal death

May 09, 2010 News

Having learnt of the death of Waheeda Basil, of De Willem, West Coast Demerara, who died hours after giving birth to a baby boy on Thursday, Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, in a statement has revealed that he is awaiting a report from the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
According to the Minister, his Ministry is awaiting the completion of an investigation into the matter and will determine the course of action.
“We are awaiting the report from the hospital; the procedure is that the hospital must report a maternal death within 24 hours.”
The Minister revealed, too, that the hospital has to provide the Ministry with a report of an investigation which is required within 48 hours after the death.
Minister Ramsammy noted that the hospital will be non-compliant should it not issue its report within the stipulated period.
“The Ministry of Health will await the expiration of this period before it makes any further comment on this matter,” the Minister added.
Reports are that 38-year-old Waheeda Basil succumbed around 18:00 hours on Thursday after giving birth to a healthy baby boy.
This newspaper understands that the woman, who was previously a patient of the Meten-Meer-Zorg Health Centre, was advised to travel to the West Demerara Regional Hospital after experiencing labour pains the same day.
The woman was so advised, this newspaper learnt, because her delivery was seen as a high-risk one, a situation which was hinged on the fact that she had last given birth some 13 years ago.
Accompanied by her husband, Deonarine Basil, the woman was admitted at the Regional Hospital and reports are that she safely gave birth to her third child. However, it was revealed that shortly after giving birth, the woman started complaining of dizziness and died before the source of her dilemma could be ascertained.
A source close to the operation of the hospital revealed that the woman bled for nearly one hour before a doctor who was summoned arrived to attend to her.
A senior official at the hospital in an invited comment said that “everything that could have been done was done to save this woman’s life. The husband was there and he knows that the nurses and the doctors did everything that was possible.”

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