SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Colleacia Harcourt, for whom there had been an outpouring of public support for medical attention overseas, died at her home yesterday afternoon.The child, from Lichfield Village, West Coast Berbice, passed away in the midst of significant progress being made by her parents in getting funds necessary for overseas medical treatment for a malignant brain tumour detected in late March this year.
Colleacia’s  story was featured prominently on the front page of the Guyana Chronicle on Monday last, in  a bid by this newspaper to whip up interest in her plight and boost donations for the $7M required for her surgery.
In that article, the mother, Shonetta Harcourt, said that the deadline for such a surgery would have been May 23, failing which the child would have been at risk of developing complications with catastrophic consequences.
She had also stated that the experts consulted had said that the expertise for such a medical intervention was not available in Guyana.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Harcourt called the Chronicle and said that although the story had been published and aired in other local media, the publication by the Chronicle had been followed by an upsurge in donations.
She had expressed her gratitude to this newspaper saying that the outpouring of support had greatly increased chances of getting the child overseas for specialist medical attention.
The child, however, succumbed after two and a half months of suffering.
The child is survived by her father Travis Harcourt, mother and her three siblings.