By Romila BoodramSince being refurbished and placed back into operation, the Maternity Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has seen over 74 births via caesarean section, including one case of a triplet.Sister June CatoThis is according to the ward’s Senior Departmental Supervisor, Sister June Cato, during an interview yesterday with this newspaper.Sister Cato said that the operating theatre which was commissioned on August 03 last, was always on the unit prior to last month, but it was not functioning.She stressed that having an operating theatre which is functional was always important,
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Cheap NFL Jerseys China, you don’t have immediate access to an operating room,” the Departmental Supervisor said.She stressed that since the theatre is operating, the hospital only experienced one maternal death which was on August 9th,
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