Now that relatives have been told the cause
of death they are more prepared than ever to get a thorough
investigation into Ram’s death.
Speaking to this newspaper, yesterday, the
dead woman’s sister, Roxanne Alli, said that her sister
never suffered from high blood pressure. She contended that
even if that was the case it should have been detected earlier
if the nurses were monitoring the patient as they should have
been.
“Anybody would tell you that if a
pregnant woman has high blood pressure the best thing would be
to take her into the theatre to save she and the baby.”
Relatives further maintained that the
nurses on duty were negligent and had it not been for their
action Ram might have been alive today.
Salima Ram, 32, of 19 Vive-La-Force, West
Bank Demerara, was pronounced dead by doctors on Tuesday after
she collapsed in the Maternity Ward of the hospital.
Reports are that the woman, overwhelmed
with pain, was attempting to find nurses manning the ward to
inform them that her baby was ready to be delivered. She
collapsed before reaching them. This newspaper understands
that although it was quite a task for the woman to get medical
attention, despite her many cries of intense pain, she
received medical help in abundance after she collapsed; help
that came a little too late, according to members of her
family.
Ram, according to her sister, Roxanne Alli,
was admitted to the hospital some time after 12:00 hours
Monday with pains that she described as “severe labour
pains.”
During the woman’s stay at the hospital, Ram was in
constant pain and was even passing blood, her sister said.
However, she noted that nurses advised that Ram was not ready
to be delivered. The dead woman’s family was informed of her
death sometime later that day.
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