Calcutta woman, 22, dies in childbirth

Omadara Anthony

Twenty-two-year-old Immigration Officer, Omadara Anthony of Calcutta, Mahaicony died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday morning while undergoing a Caesarean section for her first child.

The baby girl appears to be healthy, but was being kept yesterday for observation. The woman who had a healthy full-term pregnancy apparently developed complications during the surgery.

The GPHC yesterday said that a maternal mortality review of the case has begun. A number of maternity deaths have occurred this year, raising concerns about that quality of health care in the various