Hospital officials yet to receive official PM report

Linden Hospital maternal death

Although a post-mortem examination (PME) has been conducted on the body of 41-year-old Jennifer Gill of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) who died at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) over a week ago following the normal delivery of a healthy baby boy, officials of the hospital are yet to receive an official report on the findings.
The PME was conducted on the deceased on Monday; however, according to LHC Public Relations Officer Toshanna Alicock, the Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Farouk Riyasat has not received an official copy of the findings thus far. Until such time, she noted, officials cannot disclose Gill’s cause of death.
Guyana Times understands that the Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Rameeza McDonald who was a witness to the post-mortem examination is also not in receipt of the report.
Gill’s family had refuted claims by hospital officials that she did not require a Cesarean (C-section) delivery. The medical institution would have so far completed its investigation into the matter and an official report prepared and sent to the relevant authorities, including the CMO and the Director of Regional Health Services.
Dr Farouk Riyasat noted last Wednesday that based on his medical knowledge and facts of the report, he believed Gill died after suffering from a blood disorder, referred to as Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) which causes rapid blood loss and thinning, eventually leading to shock and kidney failure.