2018News

Public Health investigates death by C-section

Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas / El Nuevo Diario

The Ministry of Health has announced that it is waiting for the autopsy results being carried out on a woman who died in a private clinic in Laguna Salada, Mao in the province of Valverde, following a cesarean section. Preliminary reports is that the obstetrician left before the procedure was finished, delegating it to a resident.

Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas said that preliminary reports state that Ramona Rodríguez died when undergoing a C-section. He said once the investigation is complete the appropriate action would be taken.

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El Nuevo Diario

24 October 2018