A woman has died at the Scarborough General Hospital after giving birth to a child by Caesarean Section. According to reports, Rose Gordon, 35, died after delivering her baby girl at 34 weeks and five days into her pregnancy on Old Year’s Day (January 31). She died on New Year’s Day.
The T&T Guardian was told that following the C Section, Gordon was taken back to the maternity ward but continued to bleed profusely and was rushed to the theatre for an emergency hysterectomy, but subsequently died. The baby girl, who has not yet been named, remains in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the hospital.
Gordon, who has a teenage daughter, was principal of the Charlotteville Nursery School. An autopsy is scheduled to be performed today. The last time the Scarborough hospital recorded a maternal death was 2014. Although investigated, details of that incident are yet to be released.
In a press release on the death yesterday, the Tobago Regional Health Authority described Gordon as a “high risk patient,” but failed to give any additional details.
“The late mother, who was a high risk patient, passed away from complications after giving birth despite concerted efforts by her medical team to ensure the safety of both the mother and baby,” it said.
The release said the TRHA had met with members of Gordon’s family and plans are in place to assist them during their time of bereavement. Efforts to contact Secretary for Health and Social Services Claudia Groome Duke were unsuccessful yesterday.