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It is time that we let those in authority know that enough is enough
Dear Editor,
I write to express my disgust and frustration over the maternal health care that is being provided by medical institutions in Guyana, particularly the government-administered ones. It’s quite disturbing that actually every month you can read or see, from the various media houses, cases in which a mother or baby died during pregnancy.
What is quite interesting is the fact that those in charge seem to not have a clue as to what is taking place and what needs to be done to curtail the number of maternal deaths. Whenever there is a maternal death you will hear of a full scale investigation and after one or two months the story then dies a natural death.
The recent maternal death at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation should be thoroughly investigated and if persons are found responsible, they should be made to face the law and be charged for manslaughter. I wonder how persons who worked that night and were responsible for the care of that woman are feeling at this moment; given a situation where reports are that after tablets to induce labour were given, there was a failure to properly monitor the patient.
If it is true as reported in the Stabroek News that the nurses were called by other patients in relation to the state of the young lady, and their refusal to respond, then these nurses must not be allowed to perform such functions in Guyana anymore.
Millennium Development Goal # 5 (Improve Maternal Health) is to be achieved by 2015, but with the rate of maternal deaths that is taking place in Guyana, it seems hardly likely that we will be in a position to achieve this goal. If we are to, then there is need for a comprehensive overhaul of the health system. In addition, there is the urgent need for all Guyanese to speak out now on the madness that is taking place within our health institutions.
Let me congratulate the persons who took part in the vigil on Sunday night in front of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for their bold effort. It is time that we stand up and let those in authority know that enough is enough, fix it or we will have to fix it.
Garfield Boston
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