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" Somebody has to pay". The pained words of a grieving mother after her baby boy died at Mt Hope's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, reportedly after choking while being fed. Both parents say they have lost all faith in Mt. Hope Hospital and will be taking legal action. Rynessa Cutting has this report, but we caution you, the content is disturbing.
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00:00 I am seeking justice for my son. I believe I will get justice for my son
00:05 and somebody has to be because as I said before it's not a sickness, illness or
00:12 disease killing. It's gross negligence. It's the last words these parents
00:20 expected to hear. Come into the hospital immediately your baby is dying.
00:26 On the 31st of January I was here I went in to see him he was good. They told me to
00:35 leave the room because one of his IV lines were leaking and I had to repair.
00:40 When I left the room two of the senior doctors came out and told me that he
00:45 choked on his feed and flatlined. His heart had stopped, his respiratory had
00:51 stopped and they had to give him some medication basically to bring him back
00:55 to life. That could have occurred around 3 to 4 o'clock on the 31st
01:03 evening time and by the morning of the first 3 o'clock 3 a.m. on the first we
01:10 got a call that our baby is dead. Coming he's dying slowly. It's a series of
01:15 events they find impossible to accept for more than the obvious reason. Every
01:21 day I made sure to speak to the doctors to see where he was. They would tell me
01:24 respiratory wise he's fine, heart wise he's fine, neurologically he's fine. He's
01:30 fine, he's fine, he's fine, he's fine until eventually he died. He choked on his feed
01:35 and died. Gross negligence, gross negligence. How long my baby had to be
01:42 there choking. Nobody saw him. They saw his machine he had attached to him that had
01:49 flatline and that is what caused but if it's an intensive care unit somebody has
01:54 to be watching the babies. But they say there were previous signs that all was
01:59 not well at the NICU after their baby suffered a severe IV burn which they
02:04 claim no one bothered to inform them or senior hospital staff about. The staff
02:10 was really trying to hide that burn because from my investigation certain
02:16 officials was not aware of it. They was not aware of it. Why did why why have to
02:27 just extend that I had to make certain phone calls, emails to get something
02:32 right done. The parents are still awaiting medical records requested
02:36 since in that incident. Now with the death of their son they say they are not
02:41 leaving anything to chance. So because I lost my trust in them I am not leaving
02:48 them to carry out the autopsy on their own. So I have a private pathologist
02:55 that will be coming in when they are ready to do the autopsy to look on and
02:59 to make sure everything is done well because we are seeing now that his dead
03:05 stories are changing, stories are changing. Following that process the
03:10 parents will be initiating legal action. My son Ethan Elijah Jaikaran did not die
03:17 for anything and just like he fought to live I have to fight for justice for him.
03:22 I have to. I don't care how long it takes as long as there's breath in my lungs as
03:29 long as there's breath in my lungs I have to fight for my son and I'm going
03:36 to fight for my son because he can't die for anything. Change must come from this.
03:41 TV6 News has contacted the NTRHE for a response.
03:46 Vanessa Cutting, TV6 News.
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