Hospital dislocates baby shoulder during delivery, mother queries the act

Nov 07, 2015 News

Parbattie Ramdatt, the mother of an infant whose shoulder was allegedly dislocated during birth to allow for delivery is still questioning the actions of the medical staff.
The staff, mostly foreign (Cuban) doctors and a few Guyanese health professionals who attended to her while she was delivering her second child, at the Suddie Public Hospital, opted to “break the arms” of her young baby.
She felt that they could have performed a C- section on her as was initially recommended by doctors at Anna Regina Health Centre and those at the Suddie Public Hospital.
The young mother said that her infant son who is just twelve days old is in pain night and day. She said that due to the condition of her baby she is unable to sleep well, especially at nights. Ramdatt believes that the hospital should compensate her financially in order for her to approach another doctor outside of the Region in the interest of getting better health care for her newborn.
Relating the events leading up to her admission to the Suddie Public Hospital to deliver her baby, Ramdatt explained that she was admitted one week before giving birth. She said that she was admitted after experiencing severe abdominal pains.
After doctors examined her, Ramdatt was told that she had contracted an infection which they said was causing the pains. Later that week, Ramdatt recalled that doctors carried out further examination. The following Monday, October 26, Ramdatt said that she had experienced severe pains and alerted the doctors. “I keep telling them that I wanted a C- section. I shouted so loudly that other patients heard me.”
Ramdatt added that whilst she was placed on the bed doctors repeatedly advised her to keep pushing. She said she did as was told and at one time asked the doctors if they had noticed the baby’s head, a question they acknowledged but insisted that she keep “pushing.”
During all that time Ramdatt said that the doctors told her she was doing great. She said she however overheard doctors telling their fellow colleagues to hold the baby shoulder and to pull him out.” All I hear them saying is to hold the baby by his shoulder and pull he out.”
Ramdatt said the following day however she enquired about her baby and was told that he was in an incubator. She said after she saw baby’s arms in straps she then proceeded to question doctors who told her that her baby’s right shoulder was fractured during delivery.
However when questioned about the baby’s left arm, Ramdatt said that doctors told her that she would have to do physiotherapy. Ramdatt believes that since her relatives had accompanied her to the hospital, doctors at least should have informed them that they had to dislocate the infant’s shoulder to allow for safe delivery. Ramdatt also believes that doctors should have operated on her to have avoided the injury to her baby’s shoulder.
Ramdatt delivered her second child after twelve years. She also suffers from diabetes.
Meanwhile, when contacted for some clarity from senior health professionals at the Suddie Public Hospital, a doctor said that she was not in a position to relay information about that patient to the media.
She was however overheard saying that the hospital did everything in its capacity to save both the mother and baby. (Yannason Duncan)

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