Baby reportedly dies after falling out of hammock

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A two-day-old baby is now dead after falling from a hammock in which his mother was rocking him to sleep.
Dead is Lance Douglas of Murabisi Creek, Mouth Island, Issano, Middle Mazaruni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Reports are that on Saturday at about 05:30h, the baby’s mother, 29-year-old Vinese Sutton, gave birth to her bouncing baby boy at their Issano home.
The following day (Sunday) about 17:00h, she tied a hammock inside of their house, placed her one-day-old son inside, and began rocking the hammock in an attempt to put the baby to sleep.
While she was in the process, one of the ropes attached to the ceiling became loose and this resulted in the child falling from the hammock and onto the ground. This newspaper was told that the new mother did not take her baby to obtain medical attention since the child appeared uninjured. However, on Monday at about 05:00h, Sutton once again placed her baby inside of the hammock and was attending to him when he suddenly became motionless.
This prompted her to notify her relatives and they rushed the infant to a health facility for medical attention. A community health worker, who is stationed at the Issano Health Post pronounced the child dead on arrival.
According to medical practitioners, the baby boy’s body was examined and it was observed that there was discolouration to his shoulder and his back. The infant’s body is expected to be transported from the Issano Health Post to the Bartica Regional Hospital soon where the post-mortem examination (PME) will be conducted.
Meanwhile, the police have since launched an investigation.

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