Latest update April 4th, 2025 4:16 PM
Official report ‘not yet submitted’
Charlene Amsterdam
The preliminary report on the death of Charlene Amsterdam which was expected to be released today has been delayed.
The former nurse, who was attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital, died last Sunday at the same institution, two days after a Caesarian section.
The hospital in a press release yesterday stated that a final meeting was convened on Wednesday to conclude on the findings of the investigation.
However the release stated that the official report has not been submitted by the relevant authority.
A post mortem examination conducted on Amsterdam failed to reveal what really caused her death.
Relatives had told this newspaper that the post mortem was done on Monday and the findings were inconclusive forcing doctors to take samples for testing.
Unconfirmed reports had stated that Amsterdam had an ovarian cyst. A source said that during the Caesarian section to deliver the baby, the doctor nicked one of the blood supplies to the cyst (either arterial or venal) which sparked excessive bleeding.
The source added that some time later, when the nurses noted the bleeding they called the doctor who was hesitant to take the woman back into the theatre for corrective surgery.
Amsterdam was suffering from fibroids, a condition in which non-cancerous tumors form in the uterus.
According to relatives, the doctors treating her were aware of her condition, and Ms. Amsterdam was attending clinic at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for her ailment. Hours after the surgery relatives said that Amsterdam began experiencing complications and had to be taken back to the operating theatre.
She was taken back into the recovery room for Caesarian mothers and was crying out for abdominal and back pains.
As the pains intensified, she was transferred to the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on Saturday morning.
Amsterdam was again taken back to the operating theatre where she spent approximately three hours. Shortly after, hospital officials told relatives that she was dead.
Amsterdam was a nurse for the past 14 years.
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