A key witness in the Coroner’s Inquest into Warren Mottley’s death narrowly avoided being issued a warrant on Monday.Dr Sahle Griffith, the principal of Surgical Solutions Inc., was scheduled to reappear in the Supreme Court to be cross-examined by attorneys representing the Mottley family.The younger brother of Prime Minister Mia Mottley died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on June 29, 2021, a week after a routine colonoscopy at Surgical Solutions.When the inquest last convened on November 28, both Leslie Haynes, KC, and Dr Griffith indicated to Coroner Graveney Bannister that they would be travelling overseas.As a result, the Coroner adjourned the matter until Monday.However, when Bannister was prepared to start the matter in the No. 8 Supreme Court, Dr Griffith was not present.
The lead doctor involved in the care of Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s younger brother while he was at a private medical facility in 2021 said there was a possibility that complications from the COVID-19 vaccine led to his death.
The lead doctor involved in the care of Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s younger brother while he was at a private medical facility in 2021 said there was a possibility that complications from the COVID-19 vaccine led to his death.Dr Sahle Griffith, the principal of Surgical Solutions Inc., said he was “absolutely convinced” that Warren Mottley died as a result of small bowel ischemia, and World Health Organisation (WHO) studies had reported that condition could be caused by some COVID-19 vaccines.He gave that evidence in a prepared statement delivered in the No. 10 Supreme Court as the Coroner’s Inquest into Mottley’s death continued. Mottley passed away at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) on June 29, 2021, a week after a routine colonoscopy at Surgical Solutions.
The legal fraternity continues to express deep concern at the lengthy delays in delivering judgments in the High Courts of Barbados.Immediate past president of the Barbados Bar Association Rosalind Smith-Millar has lamented that “it remains a problem” even though, under her leadership, the association wrote to Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham and Prime Minister Mia Mottley on the issue.When Barbados TODAY reached out to Sir Patterson on Friday, he declined to comment.Today, there was bewilderment and frustration among lawyers involved in the appeal against the October 8, 2021 oral order of Madame Justice Jacqueline Cornelius.Justice Cornelius, who had dismissed all submissions which formed the core of four lawsuits brought by former senator Caswell Franklyn, shopkeeper Adrian Kellman and minimart owner Benson Straker, challenging the constitutionality of the COVID-19 protocols, promised to make her written decision available to all parties within 30 days of her October 8, 202
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