A SIX-YEAR-OLD of Wakapoa Lower Pomeroon River, Region Two, has died after being stung by a scorpion on Thursday.
According to information, Jeff Boyan, the youngest of five siblings, died as a result of the sting despite being inspected at multiple health facilities.
The child’s mother, Jeniffer Richards, said that, when her son was stung by the scorpion, her first response was to call the doctor at the Wakapoa Health Centre. But after explaining what had occurred, Richards said the doctor advised her to observe the child’s condition.
Following the doctor’s advice, the mother monitored her son’s condition, but things took a turn for the worst when the child’s body started “getting stiff.”
Alarmed by what was happening, the child’s parents took him to the health centre, where they were further advised to take the boy to the health facility at Charity.
Upon arrival at the Charity health facility, the child was examined by doctors and then transferred to the Suddie Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The child’s body is at the Suddie Funeral home awaiting a post-mortem examination.