West Dem nurse’s licence suspended for six months for boy’s death

TIMES INT'L

By Svetlana Marshall –

The licence of the nurse who was on duty at the West Demerara Regional Hospital when 15- year- old Shemar Miggins mysteriously died, has been suspended for six months. This disclosure was made by Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud on Wednesday. Although her nursing licence has been temporarily suspended, the nurse recently commenced duty at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where she is being supervised, the CMO stated.
During her stint at the central hospital, the medical personnel will be closely monitored and her performance will determine whether her suspension will be extended or lifted.
The decision was made by the Guyana Nursing Council after a series of investigations.
Although it is unclear when the nurse returned to the line of duty, Guyana’s Chief Nurse Tarmattie Barker had told Guyana Times International that the Nursing Council would have made a ruling by mid-March. On January 12, the 15-year-old boy died suddenly after reportedly receiving a dose of antacid.
He was admitted at the West Demerara Regional Hospital for an abscess and was smoothly recovering when he met his demise.
Reports indicate that Miggins was administered a drug that should have been taken orally, but was mysteriously injected into his body via an intravenous (IV) line. In the early stages of the investigations, the nurse had argued that the 15-year-old used the syringe to inject himself with the antacid via the IV line, resulting in his death.
However, the mother of the disease trashed the arguments put forward by the nurse. On Wednesday when contacted, Gillian Anderson described the decision made by the Guyana Nursing Council as atrocious.
“That is bad, that is really bad and I am not pleased with it one bit,” Anderson stressed, noting that her son’s death will not go in vain, “Justice must be served”, she lamented.

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