TEN-YEAR-OLD June Alexander, on Friday afternoon, succumbed to her head injuries following a fall at the Regma Primary School in Linden last Monday.
Her aunt, Gail Hamilton, related that the family is seeking justice, as she strongly believes that her niece was pushed, contrary to statements from eye-witnesses which stated that she collapsed and fell.

June’s death came hours after the Ministry of Education related to this publication that the entity conducted an investigation into the incident which revealed from a neurologist report at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where the child succumbed, that she suffered from a brain condition and that she experienced severe headaches. This was given as the circumstances which led to her death. Reports are that the child’s mother revealed that the child indeed had a brain condition.

The incident reportedly occurred after 14:00hrs on Monday when school was dismissed. According to eye witnesses, the child had complained that she was feeling unwell and said she wanted to go to the washroom. She then attempted to do so but her peers saw her staggering and then she eventually fell.

Her aunt, however, strongly denied such a claim, saying that her niece was a healthy child who had no brain condition and that her sister never relayed that information to the family. “My niece was a healthy child, they are trying to cover up, that child never had no brain condition. If that was the case, we woulda deh running hospital with her steady steady. You could check the hospital and see how much time that child does go hospital. If anything is for a little cold, nothing else. I am looking for justice for my niece,” Hamilton related.
She said the x-ray illustrated that her niece was bleeding from her brain and she noted that this only consistent with a high fall. After the fall, the child reportedly suffered from a seizure. She was then rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex and subsequently transferred to the GPHC.

Commander of ‘E’ Division of the Guyana Police Force, Linden Lord, said that police are investigating the incident and information from statements received thus far, related that the child fell and hit herself. “We received statements from students, teachers, cleaners and we are presently putting a file together to send to the DPP,” Lord said.
June leaves to mourn seven other siblings, her parents and other relatives. She was described as a quiet and well-behaved child.