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Young mother dies in childbirth
– baby alive rushed to Georgetown hospital
A man lost his wife when she succumbed during childbirth. She died while delivering her second child.
The woman 20-year-old Tarawattie Ramjewan died yesterday after she gave birth to her second child. Ramjewan, of 53 Cotton Three Village, West Coast Berbice, was pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam Hospital. She was transferred there from the Fort Wellington Hospital after she encountered difficulties while giving birth to her second child.
According to the woman’s husband, Lall Ramjewan, 28, a factory worker at the Blairmont Estate, his wife took in with labour pains and was rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital where she went into labour.
Tarawattie Ramjewan with her family in happier times.
He stated that his wife encountered a lot of difficulties in delivering the baby. Despite her efforts the baby was not coming out. “She actually gave up, until the baby finally born.”
He stated that he was present and was told by the medical staff that the baby has a 50/ 50 chance of surviving. He stated that in the meantime his wife was bleeding and after a while he was told that his wife and child will have to be transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital for further medical attention.
The man whose other child, Amrita, is one year old, added that he was told that his wife was pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam Hospital.
The baby was then transferred to the Georgetown Hospital for further attention.
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