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– Michael Khan Michael Khan, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has demanded a retraction of a story which appeared on the front page of yesterday’s Guyana Chronicle under the headline, “Young mother and new born baby die within hours of each other at GPHC.”Michael Khan and Sister June Cato yesterdayDuring a press conference yesterday, the CEO said that the hospital is very conscious about any maternal deaths and that particular incident which was reported in the Chronicle did not occur at the public hospital.“I want to state categorically that this never took place here; it occurred at a private hospital.”In the yesterday’s edition of the Guyana Chronicle,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, it stated that a Perseverance,Wholesale Jerseys Supply, Essequibo Coast family is mourning the death of a 24-year-old daughter, Jaiwanti Chanderpaul, and her newborn,China Jerseys, a mere 12 hours apart.The baby was born on Wednesday morning and died Wednesday night, while the mother died at approximately midday on Thursday, without ever knowing that her child had died. The cause of the two deaths is unknown so far.According to the Supervisor for the GPHC’s Maternity Unit,China Jerseys Free Shipping, Sister June Cato, after the story was carried in yesterday’s paper, a search was carried out and it was discovered that the mother was not admitted at the hospital at any time during her pregnancy.“It was very disturbing to see a caption like that in the newspaper because we had no such incident here. When we saw it, right away we started to investigate and we later found out that the patient was never here,” Sister Cato stressedThe ward supervisor further posited that Jaiwanti Chanderpaul was just 26 weeks pregnant which is below the age of maturity to be admitted in the ward for delivery.The officials said that no one of the Guyana Chronicle made any attempt to call the hospital to verify their information.It was reported that the 24-year-old woman, who gave birth by Caesarian section,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, was having gynecological complications and labour was induced in order to save both lives. However, a few hours after delivery, the baby passed away.The young mother, without knowing that her child had succumbed,Jerseys NBA Cheap China, died the following day at the private hospital.Khan said that he hopes there would be a retraction of the story on the front page of the Guyana Chronicle. |
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