Young mother recovering after suspected ‘botched’ C-section

A 20-year-old mother of one is currently recuperating in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), after what her relatives believe was a botched caesarean section.

Denika Henandez was operated on shortly after the C-section for what the doctors claimed was a pelvic abscess and then again five days later for perforated intestines. Even though she is still recovering from the three surgeries, she will have to undergo yet another when she is well enough.

In a statement, the GPHC had said that the patient was referred to it by a hinterland hospital because of