GINA - TWO staff members of the Georgetown Public Hospital fingered in the death of a young patient have been sent on leave pending the outcome of investigations launched into the circumstances surrounding the death of the woman.
Ordered off the job with immediate effect are a Registered Nurse and a Patient Care Assistant.
Emotion-laden relatives have accused the two staffers of negligence in the death Monday evening of 22-year-old Somatie Singh while a patient of the Maternity Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
A release from the GPHC says relatives (husband and father-in-law) of the diseased woman met Tuesday with the Director of the hospital's Medical and Professional Services, Dr. Madan Rambarran, and attended a post mortem on Singh's body yesterday.
The post mortem confirmed that the deceased was suffering from a
pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Rambarran had previously indicated that such a condition was not curable except by a heart and lung transplant.
Meanwhile, her premature baby, who weighs approximately 1 1/2 kg, remains
under intensive care.
Dr. Rambarran extended, on behalf of the GPHC, sincerest condolences to
the family of the deceased.