Police investigate sudden death of Mahaut woman

Police investigation3The police have commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of 37-yr-old Gillian Green-Benjamin of Mahaut.

Police PRO, Acting Inspector Pellam Jno Baptiste, said it is alleged that about 7:30 pm on August, 29th 2016, Benjamin began experiencing difficulty in breathing while at her residence.

“She was taken to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) by the Fire and Ambulance Service where she was examined and pronounced dead by a medical Doctor,” he said.

A coroner’s inquest will be convened.

Investigations are ongoing.

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23 Comments

  1. amanda
    September 4, 2016

    Sad to hear. sincere condolences to family. Was she shopping before that incident? Some of the smells from some of the stores are really bad and i know for sure I feel i cant breathe when i go into some of them. Be careful out there. Our air is getting polluted.

    • huh?
      September 5, 2016

      Are you for real?

  2. DA Native in Texas
    September 4, 2016

    Can someone enlighten me please. When an individual is picked up by the Fire/Ambulance service of our nature isle, what kind of treatment do they receive from the attendants driving them to the hospital? Are they trained to deliver any kind of treatment at all? The reason for saki g is almost always when I read that a patient was transported to they hospital, it’s always to be pronounced.

  3. September 2, 2016

    I mi self canot understand that.no answer After.up to now WE dont know why thé young boy from Mahaut die for.mi self fine that funny.really funny.what at more funny that young boy that die carry Gillian bag from thé bus stop for her.now is Gillian that going.life.life

  4. weypapa/mama
    September 2, 2016

    Since Dominicans ban the stove and coalpot; Eating Kent-Turkey and oily Chinese Chow-Mein, people are becoming abnormally big and fat; not being able to breathe easy. Another thing too my people – Most or all of our passenger buses now run (operate) on Diesel Fuel which is many times more toxic and polluted than gasoline. I was sitting at the back of a bus going to town, and that diesel smell almost choke me. So yes, there are many things in the air and environment which are health hazards. This inept Odd-ministration knows nothing concerning protecting the health of Dominicans. The health MINI-STAR is a big Joker which should be thrown out from the deck of cards. Use wisdom my people; walk to town instead of paying transportation fare to breathe Diesel fumes.

  5. Tell the Facts
    September 2, 2016

    She was only 37 years. What caused this? What did she eat and drink prior to experiencing breathing problems?
    Sincere sympathy to her family
    May her soul rest in peace. Amen!

  6. weypapa/mama
    September 2, 2016

    Could be de Zika. So much we don\’t know.

  7. A Doubting Thomas In Solidarity
    September 2, 2016

    Condolences to the family.

    Unexpected deaths, if she did not have an illness like asthma or the like, is always difficult on the family; expected deaths are hard enough to deal with but the sudden ones will always hit the loved ones the hardest.

    I pray the family was expecting her death so that it will be easier for them to accept her departure as such a young person. I pray whatever the cause, she did not suffer too much.

    The only sure thing in life people, is death; for the Lord says, “Death will come like a thief in the night!!”

    Therefore, we must try to live our lives as if we expect to meet our Maker any minute of any day. Gillian is gone before us but follow we must.

    May her soul rest in peace.

  8. Music Producer
    September 2, 2016

    Don’t pray for her children instead, provide assistance to them. Prayers don’t put food on table, clothes on back and light in the house. Stupes man. Allu get this right nuh man?

  9. reality
    September 2, 2016

    How Sad, it seems like we are walking with death. See someone this minute, next minute they dead.

  10. September 2, 2016

    ki sah??? well the air in mahaut have something papa

    • September 4, 2016

      maybe God is using there to warn we Dominicans that his wrath is sure. Toooo much corruption in Dominica.

  11. Ideal
    September 2, 2016

    \”Benjamin began experiencing difficulty in breathing while at her residence.\”. This is happening very often in Dominica. The air must be polluted, Where is all this pollution coming from and who is responsible? There must be some investigation done asap….RIP my fellow Dominican.

  12. Laplaine
    September 2, 2016

    Breathing difficilty pronounced dead. What treatment was she given between mahaut and the PMH. Was the ambulance medically equipped to handle such a common malaise. Where are all the millios of dollars just spent on a bielecton and dominicans are being pronounced dead because of ill equip ambulances. My god protect dominicans . No one on the Island are trained to provide the necessary medical approriate care for someone with breathing difficulties.. eh beh weh papa.

  13. September 2, 2016

    why dont we have doctors doing it not police doctors can check and find out if she eat something or is the air a problem i read of a young carib man dying on the vehicle coming from Rosea a year ago and poice investigate and what was the doctors result no one knows
    we need to know what happen and it should be braod cast d b s just give storeis but need get the imfromation to the public ……. .

  14. vangenicholls
    September 2, 2016

    R.I. P. So sad :?:

  15. vangenicholls
    September 2, 2016

    R.I. P. So sad. :?:

  16. sighs
    September 2, 2016

    Wait a min!! Isn’t that the second person of that village, in less than a month dying from breathing difficulties? R.I.P my dear

    • Deeone
      September 2, 2016

      Not unrealistic. Things like mold in the area can cause these problems.

    • Tell the Facts
      September 2, 2016

      Something caused it. The autopsies should reveal if they ate something which caused it or the environment/surroundings they reside in.

    • Me
      September 3, 2016

      They need to investigate the environment

  17. Pure Possie
    September 2, 2016

    I hope they send the police Inspector that seems to have no work to do other than calling Q95 whenever the Doc. is on, the lead investigator in this case. After all, under his watch some $40.000 disappeared, maybe accidentally swept away from the airport, though he was unfairly asked to pay it back and
    got promoted for very good job. Carbon needs to find work for him

  18. Concerned
    September 2, 2016

    May her soul rest in peace.let us pray for her children

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