PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The North-West Regional Well being Authority (NWRHA) is being sued for medical negligence by the dad and mom of seven infants who died earlier this month because of bacterial outbreaks on the Port of Spain Basic Hospital (PoSGH).
Native media retailers reported on Sunday {that a} pre-action protocol letter dated April 12 was despatched to NWRHA on Saturday, claiming the authority permitted one other child who was affected by a “severe an infection to be admitted with out taking the required precautions to handle and decrease the chance of an infection and transmission to different infants within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).”
“We at this second give discover that we intend to file an unprecedented class motion declare for medical negligence based mostly on the mass dying of seven harmless infants on the Port of Spain Basic Hospital,” said the correspondence from Freedom Regulation Chambers.
“Our shoppers trusted the PoSGH to offer a reliable and cheap normal of care that may make sure the secure supply of their infants to their final detriment. They’ve all been struggling to deal with the devastating information of the tragic deaths which have occurred.”
The deaths occurred between April 4 and April 7.
The regulation agency, led by Senior Counsel Anand Ramlogan, charged within the letter that seven infants have died because of “the sheer medical negligence, incompetence and substandard degree of care offered by PoSGH.”
“It’s clear that these deaths had been quietly swept underneath the carpet… However for the exposé within the Trinidad Specific newspaper and the TV6 information, the general public wouldn’t have recognized about these severe incidents.”
There might be further events to the class-action lawsuit, as Freedom Regulation Chambers disclosed that it’s nonetheless assessing the true influence and scale of the tragedy, and several other different dad and mom have since contacted them with related horror tales relating to their expertise on the PoSGH and the negligent dying of their infants.
The letter mentioned, “We’re due to this fact within the strategy of taking the required directions and expressly reserve the appropriate so as to add additional claimants to this class motion declare for medical negligence.”
The attorneys additionally wish to know the whole variety of infants which have died at Port of Spain Basic for the reason that starting of this 12 months.
In a press release final Thursday evening, the NWRHA mentioned laboratory investigations revealed the presence of three completely different organisms – Serratia marcescens, ESBL Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Klebsiella aerogenes – all recognized to pose vital dangers to weak neonates.
“Regardless of administering high-dose antibiotics and offering superior and intensive cardio-respiratory help, the an infection claimed the lives of a few of these preterm infants, all weighing underneath 1500 grams and fewer than 32 weeks gestational age.”
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