Two more maternity deaths recorded

Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud

A Region One mother of nine is among two maternity deaths reported for the month of November, bringing the total for this year so far to 15.

Stabroek News was reliably informed that Sandra La Cruz-Henry, wife of the Toshao of Warapoka, an Amerindian settlement located in the Waini River, died on Thursday while delivering her ninth child. The child survived the delivery.

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Shamdeo Persaud told the Govern-ment Information Agency (GINA) that the 39-year-old woman was