RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

rad­hi­ca.sookraj@guardian.co.tt

A two-year-old child is ward­ed at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal af­ter in­gest­ing a poi­so­nous sub­stance at her home in Point Fortin.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred on Box­ing Day but was on­ly re­port­ed on Jan­u­ary 3 as her moth­er told po­lice she was in the hos­pi­tal with the child.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors said she left the ba­by in the care of her 64-year-old grand­fa­ther at their home at Bryant Street, Strik­ers Vil­las, New Vil­lage home and went to work around 8 am.

When she re­turned home at around 2:15 pm she saw her daugh­ter point­ing to her mouth, which ap­peared dark in colour. She im­me­di­ate­ly took her daugh­ter to the Point Fortin Hos­pi­tal.

The child was lat­er trans­ferred to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, where she was ad­mit­ted to the In­ten­sive Care Unit in sta­ble con­di­tion. Med­ical per­son­nel con­firmed that the child had in­gest­ed an un­known poi­so­nous sub­stance.

On Fri­day she was re­leased from the ICU and ward­ed at the Pe­di­atric Unit. The Child Pro­tec­tion Unit and the Chil­dren’s Au­thor­i­ty have been in­formed and are now in­ves­ti­gat­ing.