Baby dies, mother critical after emergency C-section

Yesterday, Guyana recorded its first infant mortality for the month of June when a 36-year-old mother lost her seventh child after an emergency C-Section.

Speaking with Stabroek News, Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton explained that the mother had been scheduled for a clinic visit on Monday but complained of abdominal pain early yesterday morning.  “When she began complaining of pain her relatives prepared to take her to the Mahaica hospital. Before she could be admitted she lost consciousness and a decision was taken to transfer her to GPHC where she was diagnosed with Placental Abruption. An emergency C-Section was conducted but it was too late to save the child,” Norton said. He noted that the mother is presently critical in the ICU.

Last month two infants died within