Mother of dead 12lb baby in poor health

Pamela Lashley, the woman who accused the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) of negligence in the death of her 12lb baby has not engaged the hospital’s administration, after being persuaded not to by relatives as a result of her poor health.

The 32-year-old primary school teacher of Victoria, East Coast Demerara, had told Stabroek News that she was forced to deliver her infant son vaginally on Friday last. The woman said she was convinced her baby died of a broken neck he sustained after his head protruded before she was taken to the delivery room. It was the second such case reported at the hospital in less than two weeks.

Lashley had also expressed dissatisfaction that the hospital buried her