Mother dies delivering 12-pound baby

Sep 06, 2010 News

– relatives accuse GPHC of negligence

Relatives of Aseelah Haqq, 33, of 114 Middle Walk Buxton, East Coast Demerara are accusing the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) of causing the woman’s death, while she was delivering her fourth child yesterday.
But while the mother succumbed, her 12 pound child survived.

Aseelah Haqq

Immediate relatives and friends gathered at the hospital last night and were inconsolable at the abrupt death of the mother of four.
According to her sister, Ayesha Haqq, the woman was admitted to the GPHC on Thursday after nine months of pregnancy.
However, after being admitted, an ultra-sound was done and it was found that the child was very large and Haqq needed to have a C-section.
“I talked to her before she was in labour and she told me that she would be having a C-section because the doctor told her she cannot push the baby out, it was too big. Her water bag burst since Friday, and they allowed her to have the baby without a C-section causing her to die. Her child was born with 12 pounds”.
Ayesha further disclosed that her sister had two operations earlier in the year for appendicitis and her wounds were not completely healed.
However, she was told by a doctor that while her sister was in delivery there were complications with the wound internally, which caused her to bleed heavily.
“She was bleeding through her ears and eyes when I last see her. They hook her up to a machine that was not reading. She was already dead and they pretending like everything was ok.”
Adding that her sister was a diabetic and the doctors were aware of her case, Ayesha said, “I saw on her chart that she was suppose to have a C-section and they allowed her to strain to have the baby.”
Relatives are alleging that the negligence and unprofessionalism of the nurses and doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation caused the death of Aseelah Haqq who was forced to have a normal delivery.
“They say she inside was damage and her veins burst up and she bleed to death. We are not taking this easy. We will go till to the top even if this has to reach Bharrat.”