THE High Court has ordered the Eastern Regional Health Authority (ERHA) to compensate the relatives of a woman who died weeks after undergoing surgery at the Sangre Grande District Hospital.

In a judgment delivered on Tuesday, Justice Kevin Ramcharan ruled in favour of the woman's family in a medical negligence lawsuit arising out of her death in 2018.

The 43-year-old woman, Chevonne Jackson, an insurance professional, had been admitted to the hospital for surgery to treat fibroids. After the operation, her condition deteriorated when she developed a serious bacterial infection and breathing complications.