Stabroek News Sunday

Woman with back pain dies after administer­ing of injection

- Dear Editor,

On Tuesday 21st of June 2022, Simone Stephen, 46-yrs-old of Dartmouth and unemployed was rushed to the Oscar Joseph Hospital, Charity after complainin­g of an acute back pain. At the hospital, she was administer­ed an injection by a nurse and sent home. Unfortunat­ely, on her way home, she collapsed and had to be rushed back to the said hospital where she died. Her grieving family want answers. They are appealing to the appropriat­e authority for answers as to why she died after receiving an injection for a simple back-pain.

She wasn’t known to have any complaints before which could have caused her demised. Her family, who are startled at her passing could only surmised what may have caused her death; (1) the injection was too potent, (2) the person who administer­ed it wasn’t qualified, (3) a doctor should have been consulted prior to the administer­ing of that injection, and (4) Simone should have been placed under observatio­n after the administer­ing of that injection.

The grieving family is asking for some kind of inquiry to be carried out to know her true cause of death. No one should enter a hospital with a simple back pain and end up dead. This surely calls for an enquiry. This is simply negligence on someone’s part.

Sincerely,

John David

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