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The family of Teresa Lalltoo, the mother who gave birth to a stillborn, is pressing for justice for her female foetus. She is contending that the foetus died following some labour complications. The child was delivered on April 19, last at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Teresa Lalltoo and her eight-year-old daughter.
Family members had initially told Kaieteur News that they were contacted by the then opposition, APNU+AFC, who had offered them legal support.
With APNU+AFC as the new Government, the family is hoping that there would be justice for the loss due to the alleged negligence of health practitioners who were entrusted to care for Teresa Lalltoo.
Ever since the incident Lalltoo has had very little to say, since she finds it very hard to gain strength and courage to speak about the tragic ordeal which lasted for about two days, and has left her physically and psychologically scarred.
After her discharge from the GPHC, Lalltoo, returned to her Middle Road, Pouderoyen home, where she is still battling with the memories of the ordeal and physical inabilities. Lalltoo has been struggling to come to grips with the loss of her second child. She has an eight-year-old daughter.
The distraught woman had disclosed the gross insult which was added to her injuries while
Jaden Mars’ mother, Natalie Caseley, on the protest line some time ago.
being hospitalized at the GPHC. She was placed in the post natal ward where she had to endure watching the joys displayed by mothers who had successful deliveries, cuddling their new born infants.
When Kaieteur News reporter visited Lalltoo at GPHC, she was sobbing, bitterly. She could not speak about what she went through. Her brother, Dave Lalltoo, has been in the forefront of the fight for justice with the help of his best friend.
A campaign called #Justice4Teresa had been launched.
The family is adamant that poor decisions by doctors and nurses at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) were the main factors that led to the stillborn delivery.
It has been opined that negligence by health institutions in Guyana, is an ongoing issue which continues to be swept under the rug by way of prolonged investigations.
The family members say that as they place their confidence in the newly elected government, that justice will be served.
Lalltoo, a then second time extant mother was admitted to the WDRH on Saturday April 18, last, complaining of labour pains, but these soon dissipated as the day went on, leaving her with only a cervical dilation of 3cm and a failure to progress to the ideal 10cm.
Because of this, the next day, the doctors opted to put her on oxytocin drips to assist with inducing her pain and contractions; a bad choice, in light of the fact that there was no one available to staff the operating theatre should the worst case scenario have occurred.
After what one of the doctors, according to the mother, called “an experiment,” they decided to rupture her water bag since she had dilated to about 6cm. It was at this point that all the problems started, Miss Lalltoo reported, because as soon as they did that, the umbilical cord came out and got lodged in the vagina.
This constriction caused the baby to receive a diminished supply of blood, causing a decreased heart rate and eventually, death.
Natalie Caseley, another mother, is awaiting a response to her application for a court hearing at the Georgetown High Court, against the GPHC. She is certain that her four-year-old son, Jaden Mars, was a victim of malpractice of health practitioners at that institution. Mars died December 2013.
Caseley is anxious to receive information on the new investigation that the former Health Minister, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran claimed to have launched close to a month ago.
She is also anticipating the day when the new government would “pick up” her son’s case as was indicated by Dr. George Norton at one of the APNU+AFC’s press conferences.
Norton had said that APNU+AFC will pick up the Jaden Mars case, as “it may be the only correct thing to do.”
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