–post-mortem shows; parents plead for justice

A POST-MORTEM report has confirmed that a seven-month-old baby, Oriyah Gravesande, died due to a hemorrhaging and compression to the neck.

The infant died on Tuesday after her mother, Shavannie Gravesande, dropped her off at a “day-care” in Ogle, East Coast Demerara.

A post-mortem was done by government pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Mortuary, on Wednesday. The body was handed over to the relatives for burial, as investigations continue.

In an invited comment to reporters at the hospital, the baby’s distraught father, Odysseus Clement said that the family is seeking answers for what happened to his daughter.

“The results are that haemorrhage to the head and compression to the neck… So, therefore, the baby fall off of the bed on the right side and the baby was strangled…. It [Oriyah] couldn’t get to breathe,” the father said.

He added: “We check out the place [the day care] but when time meet fuh go inside, they block my wife from going inside and they convince we that people pop up any time to see if it in standard.”

Clement said that they are still trying to piece everything together since the day-care is still not forthcoming about the child’s death.

“I need justice… I don’t want other parents to go through this pain because, it ain’t easy,” the grieving father said.