Two infant deaths in less than a week

May 20, 2016 News

In a matter of days there have been two cases of infant mortality at the Georgetown Public Hospital. These followed c-sections performed on the pregnant mothers.

Public Health Minister Dr. George Norton, however, has stated that these deaths were unavoidable since both pregnancies were high risk.
According to a Pan American Health report — Health @50 in Guyana: Progress health report 1966-2016— infant mortality increased to 23.3 per 1000 live births at the end of 2014. The rise in Under One-year infant mortality rate was related to an increase in neonatal infections.
The lowest the rate has been is 10.8 live births per 1000 in 2009.
Last Thursday the life of a 21-year-old mother was saved after she had undergone an emergency C-section at the hospital.
She had apparently suffered a ruptured uterus and began bleeding profusely.
But the baby remained in a critical state in the Intensive Care Unit until Sunday when he passed away. The mother is still recovering in the hospital.
It was her fourth pregnancy and was deemed a high risk case due to short intervals between her previous pregnancies.
Norton had stated that pregnancies had placed pressure on her uterus, resulting in its rupture. The woman was 40 weeks pregnant.
On Monday, a 17-year-old girl was left “brain dead” in the Intensive Care Unit after undergoing a similar surgery. Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton confirmed that she died yesterday.
According to the PAHO report, the ministry has implemented control measures to address the problem of infant deaths in Guyana.

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