Jamaican Cupboard to obtain a report on deaths of infants at maternity hospital

Jamaica’s Well being and Wellness Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton says Cupboard is scheduled to obtain a report on Monday on the circumstances which led to the deaths of a dozen new child infants on the Victoria Jubilee Hospital.

Talking on a program on Radio Jamaica, Tufton stated an outbreak of the Klebsiella Pneumoniae micro organism led to the deaths of the infants.

Tufton additionally insisted that there was no cover-up of the disaster by the Ministry.

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“There was no intention of hiding something…I’ve by no means taken a place that we should always withhold data from the general public when it is extremely necessary for the general public to know.”

In the meantime – the principle Opposition Individuals’s Nationwide Occasion (PNP) is looking for an audit to be carried out on the Victoria Jubilee Hospital.

Making the decision at a press briefing on Friday, Opposition Spokesman on Well being Dr. Morais Man stated Well being and Wellness Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton should present readability concerning the unlucky state of affairs.

In the meantime, whereas expressing condolences to the households, Opposition Chief Mark Golding, renewed the decision for Tufton to resign.

He stated the Well being and Wellness Ministry, beneath Tufton’s steerage, has encountered a number of catastrophes, together with the dealing with of the oxygen scarcity in the beginning of the pandemic and the poor situation of the Cornwall Regional Hospital within the western finish of the island.

Relating to requires his resignation from the principle opposition Individuals’s Nationwide Occasion (PNP), Tufton stated he has not mentioned his resignation with Prime Minister Andrew Holness and the choice is within the arms of the prime minister.

On Saturday, the Ministry of Well being and Wellness stated the outbreak on the hospital is now beneath management.

In accordance with the regional technical director within the Southeast Regional Well being Authority Dr. Sandra Chambers, the ministry took fast motion after noticing an elevated variety of new child deaths on the hospital in July.

She admitted that the power scarcity of neonatal nurses may have additionally triggered the outbreak of the micro organism.

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