GPH accused of dodging blame, cover-up in death of triple heart attack woman

Farida De Souza

Raul De Souza, the son of the woman who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital after suffering three heart attacks during an over 12-hour wait for critical medical attention, is disappointed with the explanations given about her care, including that she was beyond saving owing to prior damage to her heart.

“I am not pleased with this nonsense. Why can’t they come forward and take some of the blame,” the upset De Souza told Stabroek News yesterday, while charging that the hospital is just trying to cover up the negligent actions of its staff in the treatment of his mother, Farida De Souza.

In an invited comment, he also said that he was shocked to read about the findings of the hospital’s review of his mother’s case in last Saturday’s edition of the Stabroek News, especially since he had not been contacted to identify the nurses he