Berbice teacher is latest maternal death

Kaimattie Sooknanan

By Mandy Thompson

A 33-year-old teacher who succumbed on her way to the Georgetown Public Hospital after being transferred from the New Amsterdam Hospital yesterday morning is the country’s latest maternal death.

Kaimattie Sooknanan of Number 68 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, died on her way to the Georgetown hospital after she delivered a baby boy by caesarean section at the New Amsterdam Hospital on Friday. Her baby boy is healthy but remains at the Georgetown Hospital.  Mrs Sooknanan was declared as being in a stable condition