Berbice River woman died of lung disease, brain edema – PME finds

Vanessa Amsterdam

A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday on the body of Vanessa Amsterdam, the country’s latest maternal death revealed that she died as a result of lung disease and brain edema.

Amsterdam, 26, of Berbice was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital on September 23, after she started to experience labour pain and headaches.

She was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital that same night and admitted to the Intensive