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Burnt toddler remains in ICU

Apr 08, 2013 News

Little Jabarri Stanford who was severely burnt on Saturday afternoon last, remains a patient of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Doctors have said that there is not much more that they can do for the burnt child, as he sustained burns to most of his body.
Kaieteur News yesterday met with Rehanna Jones, the mother of four who, along with her children lost all of their belongings in the fire which engulfed their one bedroom house located on the reserve of ‘D’ Field Sophia.
The fire was believed to have been caused by the woman’s seven year old son, who, along with another child from the neighbourhood, was lighting paper in the bedroom.
“Me daughter said that me son, and another li’l boy did lighting paper in the bedroom, and that she kept hollering on them to stop.”
The distraught woman added that when she confronted her son, he told her that the paper was not alight when he left the bedroom where little Jabarri was asleep.
According to a neighbour, shortly after the incident, she was home in ‘D’ Field Sophia when she heard a commotion from the back house at around 16:00hrs, and decided to go see what was happening.
The woman said that she was making her way over the narrow bridge which leads to the back house, when her neighbour’s eldest child came running to her, screaming that their house was on fire, and that Jabarri was sleeping inside.
The neighbour added that an alarm was raised, and everyone in the area gathered to extinguish the fire, after which they were able to go in for the child.
“When we go in, poor Jabarri was screaming away. The mattress did paste up on he skin. He whole body did look crack up. We had to peel off some of the mattress pon he before we take he to the hospital,” the woman said.
The neighbour further told this publication that the mother would repeatedly scold the seven-year-old for playing with matches.
“She does warn he and beat he steady for the same thing. One time neighbours did even call police pon she for beating the li’l boy, but he hard of hearing. He didn’t listen…now look wha happen,” the woman said.

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