INJURED: Davendra Kuralall

This is according to the results of a CT-scan done at the St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, Kuralall said. The injured teen who remains warded at the Surgical Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital said that initially he experienced severe pains to the head and neck, along with a numbness in his right arm and leg. Even though the severity of the pains has lessened, he said, he is still experiencing a numbness of the right side of his body.

The mishap occurred as Kuralall, of 405 Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara and a student of Enterprise Government School, was swimming along with friends from his neighbourhood. According to his friends, it was around 13:30h when Davendra apparently misjudged the depth and plunged headlong into shallow water.

The teen’s father, Jeetendra Kuralall, confirmed that he had left home on Sunday morning, with a group of young men from the neighbourhood, for a trip to Splashmin’s Fun Park. Later that evening he received the news that Davendra had been injured in the pool and was taken to the East Bank Regional Hospital at Diamond. After being seen there, he was sent home, but within hours, had to be rushed to the Georgetown Hospital