The committee probing the death of baby Simeon Cottle, who died after his head was cut during Caesarian surgery at Mt Hope Women’s Hospital three months ago, has said it can find no other case where this occurred in any medical journal. The committee’s report has said baby Simeon’s injury occurred from failure to exercise the degree of skill which was required in order to perform the surgery. A prima facie case of medical negligence may have been made out following Dr Javed Chinnia’s admission a surgical error was to be blamed for the death. And while complications may arise during a Caesarean section, the iatrogenic injury baby Simeon sustained during delivery on March 1 could have been prevented if proper procedures and standards were followed. These were some of the findings of an independent committee—comprising chairman and retired Appeal Court judge Mustapha Ibrahim, neonatologist Dr Petronella Manning-Alleyne and consultant obstetrician/gynaecologist Dr Melanie Clare Davis—set up by Attorney General Anand Ramlogan to investigate the circumstances into the death of baby Simeon. Based on the findings, the committee has advised the medical disciplinary authorities as constituted under the Medical Board Act Chapter 29:50 should determine the necessary course of action in this case. Read more in the Sunday Express
Posted on: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 04:17:02 +0000
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