PM fails to conclude cause of maternity death

Mar 28, 2019 News

Theresa Henry

A post mortem examination conducted on the body of 25-year-old Theresa Henry of Good Fortuin, West Bank Demerara(WBD) has proven inconclusive.

Henry died at the West Demerara Regional Hospital, (WDRH) last Tuesday. She was being treated at the facility for pregnancy- related symptoms.
She was admitted to the hospital suffering from excessive vomiting and abdominal pain. Her mother, Sharon Davidson, explained that her daughter “couldn’t eat solid food but only drank liquids.“
“So I decided to take her to the hospital last week to get saline because she was weak from the vomiting.”
Speaking to Kaieteur News last Sunday, the woman said that her daughter had visited the WDRH during the previous week but she was treated and sent home.
“Some time the week before, she went to the same hospital and the doctors gave her antibiotics to treat her for a throat infection that they said she had. When she went back this time, the doctor told her that she didn’t need the antibiotics because she didn’t have a throat infection.
“This time, the doctor gave her saline and two injections for the pain and vomiting. They ran some tests on her and recommended that she does an ultrasound because we knew she was pregnant but we didn’t know how far along she was,” Davidson said.
She continued that the ultrasound revealed that her daughter was nine weeks pregnant. The woman said that the doctor subsequently told her that her daughter would need to stay in the hospital to be monitored.
“After the doctor told me that she would be admitted, I spoke to her and told her that I was going home to get her things. She said that she understands and I left her,” added Davidson.
The woman noted that besides the pregnancy symptoms, her daughter was healthy.
“She never had any conditions or health issues before. Therefore, you can imagine my surprise when I hear that Theresa died. When I leave the hospital, she was talking good and everything.
“I wasn’t even gone for a proper hour just to come back and hear sorry your daughter didn’t make it. I was and I still am in shock,” the aggrieved mother added.
She noted that the explanation given to her by the nurses leaves much to be desired.
“All they said is that the doctor brought her up in the ward. She had a seizure and fell off the bed and died. The woman noted her daughter had never suffered from seizures before.
“We can’t understand what happen because she does not suffer from seizures.”
“They have not been telling us anything so we don’t know what to believe.”

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