Mother claims negligence for death of newborn

There is another allegation that a baby is dead as a result of negligence at one of Belize’s hospital. This time, the mother, Salome Busano is accusing the attending doctor at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital of negligence for discharging her newborn baby with jaundice. The mother of two other boys has said that she delivered the newborn on Friday night and that the child was born with jaundice. She said that a doctor discharged her baby on Sunday and advised her to take the baby for sunlight in the mornings and evenings. But by Tuesday the child’s condition got worse. Busano added that she rushed the baby back to the K.H.M.H. and he had to be given oxygen, but died the same day. Busano blames the K.H.M.H. for discharging her newborn son while still with severe jaundice.