An independent autopsy is set to be done on the body of a baby, who died at the Port of Spain General Hospital (POSGH) on Monday.
This is unrelated to the deaths recently.
Head of the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Dr Marlon Timothy, said during a TV6 interview on April 22nd that the baby had died at 2 am that day.
Timothy said the baby had “contracted a possible bacterial infection, which is an isolated case, and then add other compounding issues in how the baby would respond to infection, antibiotics etc, and unfortunately had a significant, difficult trajectory, and unfortunately passed away this morning (Monday).”
He revealed that an independent autopsy would be done by another regional health authority on Monday’s death and reiterated that it was not linked to the seven deaths at the NICU earlier in April.
The North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) has received pre-action protocol letters threatening legal action over the deaths of 11 babies at the unit since February.