KINGSTON, Jamaica — The 26-year-old woman, whose baby died under controversial circumstances at Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine last Wednesday, has declined an invitation by the facility’s management to meet.

Shanique Armstrong, who has insisted that she delivered her baby at 24 weeks by herself in the waiting area of the Accident and Emergency Department, said she has no intention of meeting with the team following a statement released by the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) on Monday.

“They called me a liar without getting a report from me or even the hospital. I am not going to any meeting with them. How do they know I’m lying without proof? How the investigation still going on but the lady can say procedures were followed?” said Armstrong, who spoke to OBSERVER ONLINE a short while ago.

“I was not well hydrated as is the claim. I have pictures to prove it. Nothing they [have said] so far is true. I’m not going,” she added.

The hospital’s management denied Armstrong’s account of the events leading up to the death of her daughter, arguing that clinical procedures were followed.

In the statement released by SERHA — the statutory body responsible for the delivery of health care in the parish — senior medical officer for the hospital Dr Jacqueline Wright-James said based on preliminary findings of a probe, “clinical procedures were followed”.

Wright-James said the hospital management will conduct phase two of the investigation and the outcome will be shared with the board of SERHA.

Kimone Francis