60-year-old Dr Ronald Budhooram appeared in the San Fernando Magistrates' Court on Thursday charged with manslaughter, in relation to the July 1 death of a newborn male, born to Cindy Sooknanan.

The 22-year-old woman of Sewlal Trace, Fyzabad, who was seven months pregnant at the time, visited a doctor's office in San Fernando, on Friday, June 30th, 2017, where medicine was allegedly administered to her.

On Saturday, July 1st, 2017, she began having labour pains whilst at home and delivered a baby who later came to be known by the name Khemron Jorai. 

The child was later discovered dead in the freezer of a doctor's office on July 10, 2017.