Kaieteur News – A family from Moruca, Region One, is demanding justice and answers from authorities after their three-day-old son died on Thursday at the Mabaruma Regional Hospital while awaiting a medical evacuation for further care.

The family believes the baby may have survived had the evacuation been arranged in time.

The infant, born on 10th August, 2026, was the son of Stacy Correia, a healthcare worker attached to the Matthews Ridge (Pakera) Hospital. A close relative told Kaieteur News on Friday that Correia began feeling pain on Sunday afternoon and went to the Matthews Ridge Hospital, which referred her to the Port Kaituma Hospital. From there, she was referred again — this time to the Mabaruma Regional Hospital — that same night, after being deemed a high-risk case.