{"id":3593,"date":"2020-10-05T17:27:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T17:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=3593"},"modified":"2020-10-05T17:27:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T17:27:28","slug":"nightmare-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=3593","title":{"rendered":"Nightmare Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mother, unborn child\u2019s deaths a mystery<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michael Nattoo \u2013 <\/strong>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For Romario Murray, October 12, 2020 couldn\u2019t come soon enough. It was the day set for his 25-year-old girlfriend, Sakile Stewart, to have their first child together. However, after Stewart was admitted for a standard checkup at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Hanover, Murray, instead of making plans to be a first-time father, is now busy making plans for the funerals of both his girlfriend and unborn child, who he alleges, died as a result of negligence on the part of the hospital\u2019s staff, after being admitted to a ward he feels has turned his life into a nightmare.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong>We didn\u2019t even have the chance to try again for another one,\u201d a mourning Murray shared with the<strong> Western Mirror.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI lost them both \u2013 my child and my baby mother, and it all comes down to one word \u2013 negligence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murray\u2019s recollection of the events leading up to the tragedy surrounding his girlfriend and unborn child begin with his girlfriend, Sakile, making a visit to the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, for a checkup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt no point throughout her pregnancy was she sick or anything like that, but she decided to visit the hospital for a checkup. We thought she was just going to get a simple treatment and get discharged, but that was not the case. It turns out she had high blood pressure, so the hospital decided to admit her on Thursday (September 24, 2020),\u201d Murray explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murray revealed that even while admitted, Stewart had been in dialogue with him, keeping him abreast of what was happening to her. Her last update for him came when she indicated that she had heard some chatter from the doctors and nurses about inducing labour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe told me that the doctors on the ward said the reason why her pressure was so high was because of the baby, and because of that, they couldn\u2019t let her out without inducing labour, because as long as she had the baby in her, her pressure would stay that way,\u201d Murray shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DOCUMENT SIGNED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following that revelation, Murray said Stewart reached out to him again, after she was asked to sign a document at the hospital. \u201cShe said they gave her a paper to sign, but that she didn\u2019t understand what it said or what it meant. She told me she asked a nurse, and a nurse told her it was basically about the doctors inducing labour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murray visited the hospital afterwards, and was given a prescription to fill for Stewart, but after searching some five pharmacies in the Lucea area, he had no luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next news Murray heard from the hospital was that Stewart had died. Though distraught, Murray held hope the hospital at least managed to save his child. He was crushed to learn that they hadn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI had some time to visit her before all of that, and around two o\u2019 clock that day, she was doing alright. Around 3 o\u2019 clock, she started complaining of shortness of breath, and asked if she could be moved to the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital, but was told no. After that, someone who saw her after we left said she coughed up blood, and in the blink of an eye, died.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ANSWERS NEEDED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Murray needs answers, and his mother, Almena Martin, has joined him in his quest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe didn\u2019t die in labour, because when we guh visit her, she did alright, and she wasn\u2019t in any kinda labour, so somebody need fi gi wi some answers!\u201d exclaimed an emotional Martin, she spoke to this newsroom following that tragedy. \u201cYou mean fi tell mi seh dem couldn\u2019t at least save di baby? You a try tell we seh di baby dead immediately as the mother dead? Dat nuh soun\u2019 right and we need answers!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin also revealed that when they were called to identify Stewart, she was already wrapped up in a white cloth and tagged. She further shared that when they asked why the child couldn\u2019t be saved, she was allegedly told no doctors were available to perform a C-section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was revealed to the <strong>Western Mirror<\/strong> that Murray, Stewart\u2019s brother and another family member, were called to a hospital for a meeting following what happened, but they left with no new information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey called us for a meeting, but it sounded more like they were wishing us condolences. We got no answers to explain what happened to Sakile and our unborn child,\u201d Murray pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The family is calling on Minister of Health, Dr. Christopher Tufton, to investigate their case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meanwhile, efforts to contact the Noel Homes Hospital proved futile up to press time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother, unborn child\u2019s deaths a mystery Michael Nattoo \u2013 Staff Reporter For Romario Murray, October 12, 2020 couldn\u2019t come soon enough. It was the day set for his 25-year-old girlfriend, Sakile Stewart, to have their first child together. 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