Mother of dead infant seeking answers from New Brunswick health system
MIRAMICHI, N.B. — A grieving New Brunswick mother says someone in the health care system needs to take responsibility for the death of her five-week-old daughter, and she wants answers.
Tessa McAllister of Miramichi weeps as she talks about her daughter Blayke, who died at home last month just hours after being seen by a doctor.
“I want Blayke’s story to be heard and the right people to take responsibility for it,” she said.
McAllister said Blayke — her fourth child — was small at birth, just four pounds, four ounces, but healthy. However she said that changed after two weeks with the baby coughing, crying and suffering with diarrhea.