Doctor suspended after Kulhudhuffushi mother bleeds to death
A 33-year old mother’s death has sparked outcry over poor services in the Maldives’ remote atolls. Hospitals lack qualified doctors and medical equipment. The words “state of emergency” was sprayed onto the walls of the Kulhudhuffushi hospital today.
10 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
A 33-year-old woman from a northern island died from uncontrolled bleeding following a caesarean section today.
Aishath Fariyal underwent surgery at the regional hospital in Haa Dhaal Atoll Kulhudhuffushi Island and was flown to Malé after doctors were unable to control bleeding despite removing her uterus.
Fariyal was brought to the state-owned Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital on a ventilator. “She was extremely weak when she was brought to the IGMH, she had bled extensively,” said Zeenath Ali, a spokesperson.
Every maternal death is reviewed by the ministry of health, she said.
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