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Death of a child at Mabaruma Hospital
DEAR EDITOR,
The People of the Mabaruma sub-region (Barima-Waini) seem to be having never-ending problems with public officials sent to serve them by Central Government. In this regard, they are happy when their problems are exposed in the public domain particularly in the Kaieteur News. They also want to know what the purpose of Radio Mabaruma is. It seems to be a white elephant.
On Tuesday 22nd May, 2018, a one-year-old baby girl, Prya La Cruz, was taken to the Mabaruma Hospital by her parents for a slight cold. She was given an injection by a nurse and the following day – Wednesday 23rd May, 2018 – the baby started suffocating and her colour started to change to black, as though she was poisoned.
Baby Prya La Cruz died at 11:00 am. The mother of the child started screaming in the hospital and accused the nurse and doctor of killing their child, who was lively when she visited the hospital. The doctor allegedly told the screaming mother not to report the matter to the police, but she did anyway. The Mabaruma police never conducted any investigation.
A post mortem examination was conducted and it was said that the cause of the child’s death was pneumonia. The parents of the child are not convinced this was the cause of death, given that their child was lively when she first visited the hospital. They are asking for the Minister of Public Health to conduct urgent investigations into the death of their child at Mabaruma hospital, as well as the state of the hospital, which according to residents is rapidly becoming a death trap. May Prya’s little soul rest in peace.
Yours sincerely
Peter Persaud
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