Latest update February 10th, 2025 2:25 PM
Surinamese woman dies in doctor’s operating theatre
– family accuses doctor of murder
The tales of the horrifying death of a Surinamese woman’s in a Private Doctor’s clinic while
Suriname national Kamili Arjune
undergoing the procedure for an abortion in Berbice is the latest scandal to rock the country. This is even as the government continues to boast of its improved health care in Guyana.
Dead is Kamili Arjune, called ‘Shellica’, 22, of Louis Strat, Goveia St No. 96, Blow Ground, Paramaribo, Suriname. The woman, a mother of four aged two, three, five and seven, died Friday morning while undergoing procedures at Dr. Rahaman Clinic at Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice. This clinic is located opposite the Port Mourant Hospital.
The woman who was born in Suriname to Guyanese parents, Kowsilla Arjune and Ghansham Permaul, called “Roger”, was a regular visitor to this country.
What should have been a happy weekend of festivity, marriage and reunion turned into a weekend of mourning at the family home at Lot 22 First Street, Whim, Corentyne, Berbice.
According the woman’s stepmother, Drupattie Seeram, Arjune left Suriname on Thursday to visit Guyana for a wedding last weekend.
She said that from what she was told by the woman’s husband, Sunil Rodrigues, she had decided to take a ‘five year stop’ since her four kids were still very small. The woman decided to visit the doctor’s clinic on the same day to make an appointment for an abortion. She went with her aunt, Valley Permaul, called “Valita”, and was told to return on “Good” Friday.
According to Permaul her niece asked her to accompany her to the doctor to undergo the procedure since he had done one about five months ago. They arrived at the clinic around 08:00 hrs. The doctor was not at home, but subsequently arrived after being called.
She said that her niece went into the clinic accompanied by the doctor. She said that her niece and the doctor remained in the room for more than one hour. She said that she began to become worried since the procedure should not have taken so long.
After some time Dr. Rahaman emerged from the room and held on to her shoulder. She said that the doctor asked her if the girl was her daughter. She replied that the young lady was her niece. The doctor told her that he did the abortion, but that the girl was not “catching herself.”
The woman stated that she immediately started to scream; she took her phone and called her aunt and told her “to come over now something happen to Shellica”. The doctor then told her not to scream outside and that if she wanted she should go inside and scream.
Then doctor then told her that the girl died of a heart attack. The woman said they were told to get rid of the dead.
The doctor then made arrangements without their knowledge with Ramoo Funeral Parlour to collect the body and take it away. The family was not present neither were the police informed when that was done. In the meanwhile the rest of the family was on the way from Suriname when they got the dreaded news.
They travelled straight to Dr. Rahaman’s clinic, but found no one. The woman’s body was at the funeral parlour, where they observed a lot of blood. The doctor gave them a paper on which he wrote “Died of natural causes at the Port Mourant Hospital.” They have since visited the police and the paper has been lodged there for further investigation.
What is more baffling is that the Post Mortem examination which was conducted on Tuesday by Dr. Vivikanand Brijmohan gave the cause of death as inconclusive. They were not given a death certificate. The doctor gave them a piece of paper on which he wrote “specimen taken for microscopy.”
The family is not happy how things have unfolded and is sensing a cover up. They want a thorough investigation to be done. They are also accusing the doctor of murder. They are enquiring, what will happen to the woman’s four children.
The family also wants to take the woman’s body back to Suriname, but cannot afford the cost since according to her father, Ghansham Permaul, to embalm the body and take it to the Moleson Creek Stelling will cost US$6,500; another US$3000 will be required to take the body over to Suriname.
They are calling on all the relevant authorities including the Chief Medical Officer, The Minister of Health the Prime Minister and President to intervene and help them get some clarity on their loved one’s death.
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