The six-year-old girl from Linden region 10 did not died as a result of COVID-19.
A sample was taken from the child’s remains by the hospital since it was reported that she had demonstrated severe symptoms of the virus.
Acting Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Joseph London confirmed that the results were negative but noted that her cause of death would be listed as respiratory failure.
The child was rushed to the Emergency Room suffering from respiratory challenges and by the time the medical staff were able to have her transported to Georgetown she died.
She was taken to the hospital for mild fever, shortage of breath along with tummy pains.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Karen Boyle stressed the importance of conducting the COVID-18 test on the child’s remain to ascertain if she indeed had the virus.
She had warned that because the dead body was taken to the morgue minus the test, there is a possibility that after the samples are taken off that the results may return as negative adding that even if the result shows negative it doesn’t mean that the girl did not have COVID-19.
“It was important for the medical staff to have tested her within 24 hours after she would have died but taking into account that it may have already been taken to the morgue where she is in the fridge oi am not sure if the samples being taken off will yield a proper results,” she said.
The samples from the dead girl was taken off some 36 hours after she was placed in the morgue. According to some medical sources this may have affected a true result, noting that the samples may have been compromised, a point that Dr Boyle had suggested when the matter was first brought to her attention. She however had stressed that the test should go ahead, nevertheless.