GPH accused of negligence after woman succumbs during emergency treatment

Samantha Cummings

A Better Hope mother of six died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Saturday morning and her family is saying that her death could have been prevented had the hospital staff attended to her in a timely manner.

Samantha Cummings, 37, of Lot 96 South Better Hope, died on August 24, after complaining of a high fever and numbness in her foot.

Her relatives are now accusing the staff of the hospital of negligence, saying that if they had shown some sort of concern