Only 2 handwritten notes to verify dead nurse's treatment

Following reports that Mary Grace, a nurse who worked at IGMH, was found dead, the only document that could indicate the treatment given after she was taken to the hospital in an ambulance was "notes" written by a doctor and a nurse, according to the hospital.

Marvin took his wife Mary’s body to the hospital on 19 October 2021 claiming that she had committed suicide by hanging in a room at the apartment on the first floor of MA. Udhuheykokaage in Male where the couple lived. 

Since then:

Mavin is charged with premeditated homicide. 

Lamha is charged with:

The trial in the murder case is currently underway to record the statements of witnesses. So far, only the testimonies of the occupants of the house where the incident took place have been collected. The remaining witnesses could not be examined because the defence objected to the unavailability of 'patient charts' on Mary's treatment.

During the last hearing, Judge Ahmed Faiz Rashad inquired about the medical charts and allowed the defence a last chance to share the documents with the PG office. The PG submitted IGMH’s response on the charts to the criminal court on Monday.

In the letter, IGMH said that apart from the documents shared so far, there are no other documents related to Mary's treatment. The two letters were from the doctor and nurse who treated Mary after she was taken to the hospital on 19 October.

"[IGMH said] there is no specific document regarding Mary's treatment, we have sent the existing documents," advocate Sheeza Ahmed, appearing for the PG office, told the hearing, quoting the letter from IGMH.

IGMH had earlier said Mary’s patient charts were not prepared as she was dead when she was brought to the hospital.

While IGMH said there were no more documents, the lawyers for Marvin and Lamha expressed concern with the judge that they could not accept it. Meanwhile, Lamha's lawyer Yameen said it was clear from the doctor's and nurse's notes that other treatments had been given.

According to the documents:

Noting that this was also mentioned in the murder report, Yameen said he had received information from Marvin that Mary had been 'incubated' on a ventilator after she was taken to the hospital and that the ventilator wires were removed from her body after forensic police had arrived. At that time, he pointed out, test reports and diagnosis progress reports should have been prepared.

Lamha's two lawyers, Yameen and Abdulla Shair, as well as Marvin's lawyer Ismail Mohamed, complained to the judge that the information in the letter was not what was sought by the defence. They made statements alleging that it was "created" by the state to produce some documents.

"It is not possible to use these documents to question the prosecution witnesses," Yameen said.

Responding to the allegations, advocate Sheeza, appearing for the state, said the state had not kept any documents secret in the case. So far, all the documents available with the state regarding the case have been shared with the defence and the lawyers, she said.

Judge Faiz asked if Sheeza could assure that there was no other document related to the letter. To this, Sheeza replied that though she could not confirm it, she would further clarify if there were any other documents other than the one sent, but she did affirm that there are no 'patient charts' for Mary.