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Girl mauled by pitbull to miss SSEE exams
When pupils countrywide sit the annual Secondary School Entrance Examinations (SSEE) today, little Amanda Phillips will not be among them.
The 11-year-old of Sookhu Street No.2 village East Canje, Berbice, is still being treated at the New Amsterdam Hospital for injuries she suffered two Sundays ago after being mauled by a pitbull.
Amanda Phillips
Her family is not too happy that after months of preparation the teen will miss this crucial exam.
However, education officials stated that she will be assessed and placed in a secondary school. It is unclear what form of assessment will be done.
Amanda, who is a grade six student of the Sheet Anchor Primary School, was going to purchase eggs for her mother when the dog scaled a fence and attacked her. She was thrown to the ground and bitten on her head and other parts of the body. Her brother threw a bicycle on the dog, but this did not deter it from continuing its attack.
A resident was forced to hack the animal to death to save the child.
Residents wrapped the mauled girl in a sheet and rushed her to the New Amsterdam Hospital where she was admitted and taken for emergency treatment.
She received more than 10 stitches on her head and is being treated with antibiotics.
Residents had complained that the pitbull would usually jump the low fence and would rush at persons passing. They stated that they have constantly complained to the doctor to secure his animal and to raise his fence all to no avail.
The dog’s owner, Dr Roy Nankumar, of 336 Sookhu Street No.2 Village East Canje Berbice was charged with setting ferocious dog in rabid state to be at large.
He pleaded not guilty and was sent away on his own reconnaissance. The matter has been transferred to the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court where it will be heard again on the 10th May 2013.
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