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Woman accuses GPHC staff of negligence, which she believes resulted in her baby’s death  

Woman accuses GPHC staff of negligence, which she believes resulted in her baby’s death  

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A woman is accusing staff at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) of negligence, which she believes led to the death of her baby while she was in labor on January 18, 2025.

Mayhelm Gonzalez, 32, of Rosa Drive, South Ruimveldt, during an interview with Guyana Daily News, said that she was taken to the hospital at around 11:00h on the said date after her amniotic sac (water bag) broke.

According to Gonzalez, she was already 6 cm dilated. “I was admitted to the delivery room at 2:30 pm, then at 3:30 pm I had dilated to 10 cm to have my baby.

They had me from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm pushing. The nurses treated me like an animal, and the doctors came and then left me alone for long periods,” the grieving woman said.

Gonzalez added that she had pleaded with the doctors and nurses to have a cesarean section done when she was admitted because she was informed that her baby was 10 pounds.

“My baby was 4545 grams. I pushed and pushed, but the baby wasn’t coming; I told them to do a cesarean section, but they didn’t listen. When they decided to do a cesarean section it was 6:30 pm.

I went into the operating room. My daughter was born at 7 pm, dead. I knew it because I didn’t hear her cry, and they didn’t show her to me either,” Gonzalez said.

The woman claimed that she and her relatives were informed at 22:00h, 3 hours after she had given birth. “I kept asking what happened to my baby, what happened to me, and they didn’t answer; it was at 10:00 pm, then they told me my baby died.

During labor, all they kept doing was shouting and telling me to push, push, push, and despite doing what they said, nothing happened. They said that the Spanish girl wasn’t pushing, but I was. I tried my best. The doctors left me for long periods alone in pain.

They also had me moving around without any assistance, although I asked for help. If they had taken care of me, I believe my baby girl would’ve been here with us today, but she is not,” Gonzalez further said.

The baby’s cause of death was later given as fetal hypoxia— a condition characterized by a reduction of oxygen responsible for impairing the development and increasing the risk of perinatal and infant mortality.

“Nothing I can do to bring my baby back, but at least I can share what I went through so that no other can experience the same regardless of who they are,” Gonzalez further said.  

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