Autopsy scheduled today in GPHC maternity death

A post-mortem examination is expected to be conducted today to determine the cause of death of Relisa Sam, the young woman who died on Sunday, two weeks after undergoing a caesarean-section (c-section) delivery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, a relative has said.

Public Health Minister George Norton had told Stabroek News that Sam was hospitalised right up until she died on Sunday evening.

The minister said Sam, whose addresses were given as Matthews Ridge and Lot 229 South Road and Cummings Street, Bourda underwent a