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Jan 01, 2010 News
A post mortem examination performed on the remains of 32-year-old Salima Ram revealed that she died as a result of high blood pressure and water in her kidneys. This is according to the woman’s relatives.
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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