Negligence caused mother, baby to die at public hospital – relatives charge

Evita Singh

The family of a 34-year-old woman who died three days after she delivered a stillborn baby via Caesarian section at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) are accusing hospital officials of causing the death of both mother and child due to negligence.

Evita Singh fell into an unconscious state on Thursday evening after her dead baby girl was delivered and died on Saturday evening without regaining consciousness.

Relatives believe that the woman and baby died because hospital officials induced labour by inserting six Cytotec tablets (known as the abortion pill) even though she was not slated to give birth. They believe that this caused severe internal damage.

“They cold blooded kill my child. Why they push tablet up in she? She not ready to make the baby,