Families have ‘faith’ maternal, infant deaths will be addressed, answers given

Teresa Lalltoo

Relatives of recent victims have expressed faith in Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton, who has promised to do his utmost to lower Guyana’s rate of maternal deaths and to give timely answers to those families who have lost loved ones via this route or through infant mortality.

The family of Teresa Lalltoo, who in April lost her second child after medical personnel at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) chose to artificially rupture her amniotic sac, has expressed “complete faith that the new administration will be more hands on when it comes to this situation and others like it.”

In an invited comment, the Lalltoos told Stabroek News they hoped “that things will evolve from being snail-paced to a