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Don’t blame the doctors for this little girl’s death

Apr 05, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
In response to Freddie Kissoon’s recent article laying the blame for the death of a child partially or wholly at the foot of the Cuban trained doctors toiling at the GPH, it is unfair to these doctors. A ten-year-old girl died as a result of her allegedly being kicked in the stomach by a school mate. While it is tragic and it may seem a simple act that should not have resulted in the death of this child, one cannot go blaming the GPH and claiming negligence on their part.
Relevant tests were carried out to ensure there was no internal bleeding and yet, the child died. The article claims incompetence on the part of the Cuban trained doctors and that, had that child been in a developed country she would have lived. But, despite the best doctors and technology, people still die from similar simple circumstances in developed countries.
Take for instance the case of twenty-year-old college student Caitlin Nelson in Connecticut last week. The daughter of a 9/11 survivor, she participated in a pancake-eating contest and began choking. CPR was administered and she was rushed to a hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was later transferred to Columbia Medical Center in New York where she died three days after the incident occurred.
Hospitals in Connecticut and Columbia Medical Center are some of the best medical institutions in the world. Unless the doctor’s roster is populated by another batch of incompetent Cuban doctors, the unfortunate Ms. Nelson definitely had the best doctors attend to her and yet, she succumbed to simply choking on pancakes. While it could also have been due to an allergic reaction, they were unable to save her. The point being made here is, don’t be so quick in judging doctors and medical staff when someone dies of what one may consider a simple malady. As in the case of Ms. Nelson, anyone can die of simple incidents despite the medical attention administered.
M. Alves

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