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<span style="font-weight: bold">Newborn dies in car</span>
Pregnant mom turned away from Mayaro hospital
Kimberly Castillo [email protected]
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WHILE Linda Putty and her husband Rudy Hyndman should be celebrating the birth of their first-born, the young couple from Guayaguayare have been left traumatised and are now blaming hospital officials at the Mayaro District Hospital for the death of their baby.
The couple's ordeal began at 11 a.m. Tuesday when Putty, 21, complained of severe stomach pains.
"She called me and said she was having real pain, the next thing I heard was that her water bag had burst when she went to use the toilet," said a relative, Carlene Baptiste.
Hyndman, 21, who works as a labourer, rushed Putty to the Mayaro District Hospital where she was placed on a bed and given drips only to be told about 20 minutes later that there was nothing that could be done at the hospital and that she would have to go to the Sangre Grande District Hospital.
The couple were then told that no ambulance was available and they would have to get a car to take them to Sangre Grande located about 40 miles away. According to friends of the couple, nurses were treating the situation in a laissez-faire manner.
"When I got to the hospital and saw Linda, she looked like any woman who was in labour pains, yet no nurse could tell us exactly what was going on. We even asked if we could have medical assistance while in the car, in case the baby came but they said no,"said Baptiste.
As the couple along with Baptiste headed to the Sangre Grande Hospital, Baptiste and Hyndman were thrust into a situation they were not prepared for.
"Linda said the baby was coming and she needed to push. We were not even in Manzanilla when I told the driver to stop so that we could help deliver the baby when we realised the baby was on its way down, when it finally came, we were so scared, we didn't even check to see whether it was a boy or a girl, we just wanted to get back to the hospital quickly," she said.
According to Baptiste and Hyndman, the baby came out feet first. Following the complicated delivery, Hyndman rushed back to the Mayaro Hospital, but by then the newborn had already died.
Hyndman believes his baby could have been saved if the necessary action was taken at the Mayaro District Hospital.
"The time it took to get my friend to come with a car to take us to Sangre Grande could have been used at the hospital to help the situation. If we were in an ambulance, at least they could have given the baby some oxygen. When we got to the hospital, I get on with them, I tell them look what they cause, the baby dead," he said. Tempers flared and soon after police were called into the hospital.
Mayaro police last night confirmed that they responded to a report of baby's death at the district hospital. One officer said the mother of the child told hospital officials that she was accidentally kicked by relative while asleep.
The investigator said while the matter was still under investigation by hospital authorities they (the police) had no reason to suspect any foul play.
After returning to the Mayaro Hospital, Hyndman said nurses came into the car to cut the umbilical cord after which the dead baby was wrapped in a blanket.
Putty's clothes were still stained with blood when she arrived at the Sangre Grande Hospital by ambulance around 5 p.m Tuesday. When the Express visited Putty at hospital she said she had been given blood as well as drips.
"Everytime I see women with their babies I cry because it brings back bad memories," said a soft-spoken Putty.
When contacted, chief executive officer of the Eastern Regional Health Authority, Ronald Tsoi-a-Fatt told the Express yesterday afternoon that he was unaware of the incident but said that the matter would be investigated thoroughly.
"I would check in with the Mayaro District Hospital and also with the Sangre Grande Hospital. We take every incident of this nature very seriously, and we will look into it," he said.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Newborn dies in car</span>
Pregnant mom turned away from Mayaro hospital
Kimberly Castillo [email protected]
Reference
WHILE Linda Putty and her husband Rudy Hyndman should be celebrating the birth of their first-born, the young couple from Guayaguayare have been left traumatised and are now blaming hospital officials at the Mayaro District Hospital for the death of their baby.
The couple's ordeal began at 11 a.m. Tuesday when Putty, 21, complained of severe stomach pains.
"She called me and said she was having real pain, the next thing I heard was that her water bag had burst when she went to use the toilet," said a relative, Carlene Baptiste.
Hyndman, 21, who works as a labourer, rushed Putty to the Mayaro District Hospital where she was placed on a bed and given drips only to be told about 20 minutes later that there was nothing that could be done at the hospital and that she would have to go to the Sangre Grande District Hospital.
The couple were then told that no ambulance was available and they would have to get a car to take them to Sangre Grande located about 40 miles away. According to friends of the couple, nurses were treating the situation in a laissez-faire manner.
"When I got to the hospital and saw Linda, she looked like any woman who was in labour pains, yet no nurse could tell us exactly what was going on. We even asked if we could have medical assistance while in the car, in case the baby came but they said no,"said Baptiste.
As the couple along with Baptiste headed to the Sangre Grande Hospital, Baptiste and Hyndman were thrust into a situation they were not prepared for.
"Linda said the baby was coming and she needed to push. We were not even in Manzanilla when I told the driver to stop so that we could help deliver the baby when we realised the baby was on its way down, when it finally came, we were so scared, we didn't even check to see whether it was a boy or a girl, we just wanted to get back to the hospital quickly," she said.
According to Baptiste and Hyndman, the baby came out feet first. Following the complicated delivery, Hyndman rushed back to the Mayaro Hospital, but by then the newborn had already died.
Hyndman believes his baby could have been saved if the necessary action was taken at the Mayaro District Hospital.
"The time it took to get my friend to come with a car to take us to Sangre Grande could have been used at the hospital to help the situation. If we were in an ambulance, at least they could have given the baby some oxygen. When we got to the hospital, I get on with them, I tell them look what they cause, the baby dead," he said. Tempers flared and soon after police were called into the hospital.
Mayaro police last night confirmed that they responded to a report of baby's death at the district hospital. One officer said the mother of the child told hospital officials that she was accidentally kicked by relative while asleep.
The investigator said while the matter was still under investigation by hospital authorities they (the police) had no reason to suspect any foul play.
After returning to the Mayaro Hospital, Hyndman said nurses came into the car to cut the umbilical cord after which the dead baby was wrapped in a blanket.
Putty's clothes were still stained with blood when she arrived at the Sangre Grande Hospital by ambulance around 5 p.m Tuesday. When the Express visited Putty at hospital she said she had been given blood as well as drips.
"Everytime I see women with their babies I cry because it brings back bad memories," said a soft-spoken Putty.
When contacted, chief executive officer of the Eastern Regional Health Authority, Ronald Tsoi-a-Fatt told the Express yesterday afternoon that he was unaware of the incident but said that the matter would be investigated thoroughly.
"I would check in with the Mayaro District Hospital and also with the Sangre Grande Hospital. We take every incident of this nature very seriously, and we will look into it," he said.