Last Monday first on 7NEWS we heard the tragic story of domestic abuse victim Lorna Wade who was almost beaten to death by her obsessed ex-boyfriend. Tonight there isn't much good news to report in the case because Lorna who courageously spoke to us last week is now in a coma and late this afternoon she was rushed by air ambulance to Merida.
Keith Swift Reporting,
With her children and other close family members at her side, Lorna Wade was loaded into a waiting ambulance late this afternoon, the start of her journey to a hospital in Merida. The domestic abuse survivor who was cruelly beaten by a crazed ex-lover was released from the KHMH just last night. But she was back there this morning in a coma and her sister Rosita Perez says Lorna should have never been released in the first place, in fact she begged the hospital not to.
Rosita Perez, Sister
"She was discharged from the hospital yesterday evening eventhough I was in tears begging them not to let her out because of her condition. I have been by her bedside from the thing happened and I have been monitoring her and I see her condition but the doctor still discharged her. They told me there is no way they could keep her here because she is stable. We were here from about 6 yesterday evening pleading to the nurses not to send her home in that condition. So they still discharged her and we took her home and she slept through the night. But this morning at about 6 she went into a coma. Her face was twist, her mouth began to foam, and she began to tremble. She got out of it but she was left with a heavy snoring. She had about 5 attacks before we brought her to the hospital."
Keith Swift,
You are saying her condition has worsened?
Rosita Perez,
"Yes because while she was in here the doctors said she was recovering. But she usually goes into something like seizure and then she started to talk about different things that weren't happening. Like she would she see people coming after her and thing. The doctors told me that is normal because of the knock she got to her head."
Keith Swift,
So she was recovering up until she went home and now her condition has took a turn for the worse?
Rosita Perez, Sister
"Yes. But given the condition that she was in I think there was no way they should have sent her home."
And so why did the KHMH release Lorna Wade? Well Public Relations Officer Gary Ayuso says there was simply nothing more the hospital could do for her.
Gary Ayuso, PR Officer KHMH
"The doctors decided that she could have gone home and continue her recovery at home. She wasn't on any specialized equipment or any specialized medication so she could have gone home to continue her recovery."
Keith Swift,
Seeing her radical turn for the worse after leaving the hospital, in hindsight maybe you think it was the wrong decision?
Gary Ayuso,
"Well Keith you know on the road to recovery there is no guarantees. Anything can happen especially with this type of medical condition. She received severe head injuries and there was no way that we can ascertain the level or the degree of injuries because she could not undergo CAT scans here in Belize."
And as her family sees her off, they are left with the hope Lorna will be a domestic abuse survivor in the true sense of the word and get the CAT scan and medical treatment she needs in Merida.
Lorna Wade will be treated at the Clinica Merida. Her ex-boyfriend Eston Young was charged with attempted murder and is on remand awaiting trial.
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