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Attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan
The family of Carsha Johnson-Sinclair, who was found dead in a laundry chute at the National Chest Hospital on Wednesday, is calling for a thorough investigation of the incident and a coroner's inquest.
The family has retained attorney Isat Buchanan, who told Radio Jamaica News Friday morning that he is making arrangements to meet with the management of the hospital.
In a statement Thursday, Mrs Johnson Sinclair's family refuted suggestions that she may have committed suicide.
They explained that she was admitted to the hospital and placed in isolation to prevent infections while being treated for a pre-existing medical condition that resulted in her requiring oxygen to breathe.
"What the family is being told is that she was given an injection to assist her with sleeping. Thereafter, a nurse indicated that she was getting water to dress her and an hour and a half later she walked in and she was found dead at the bottom of the laundry chute that was in her room that was left unopened," Mr. Buchanan revealed.
He said the family is awaiting a police probe and are arranging a post mortem. They have requested an independent pathologist.
The attorney said Mrs Johnson Sinclair's family is also refuting suggestions that she was being treated for COVID-19.
The family said she tested negative for the virus.
According to Mr. Buchanan, the family is facing discrimination as a result of the reports and "are just concerned that the stigma...is causing additional harm, in addition to certainly mourning the death or the loss of a mother or a wife."
He said he has had to write to the Health Ministry seeking COVID-19 clearance for the family so they can return to work.
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