Boy, 12, needs $8M for life-saving surgery

Feb 19, 2026 News

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…Family appeals for assistance

(Kaieteur News) – Twelve-year-old Delroy Moses is in dire need of financial assistance to pay for a life-threatening surgery. The lad was diagnosed by doctors of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with a ruptured saccular anuersym a critical, life-threatening medical emergency characterised by sudden headaches, spontaneous hemorrhages and in some cases seizures.

The lifesaving surgery is not performed at the public hospital but can done at the St Joseph’s Mercy Hospital at the cost of $9 million. The Ministry of Health has committed to providing $1.5 million towards the cost. However, Moses’ family has to secure the balance.

“After the first time it happened, we rushed him to the Enmore Hospital because it close to where we live in Victoria but they transferred him to the Georgetown Hospital where the MRI that they did show like he born with the condition and was growing with.” Mr. Glenroy Moses, the child’s 73-year-old grandfather told Kaieteur News.

“Based on didn’t get hit or nothing. It was just his blood pressure went up due to anxiety or excitement and it caused the vessel to burst. It started to hemorrhage and formed a clot.”

Since the first episode of seizure, the child’s grandfather said that he has “been in and out,” of out of the hospital.

“He went in and came out the Sunday but he started feeling dizzy and he had to go right back in the hospital. Right now, he is the hospital and his parents are right there with. That’s probably why you can’t get them on the phone.”

The elderly man said Delroy was an ordinary 12-year-old boy up until two weeks ago when the seizures started. He explained that the child has since undergone a minor surgery. “They had to do a minor surgery to remove some of the fluid from in his brain,” Mr. Moses told Kaieteur News from his home in Victoria on the East Coast of Demerara.

He said that the boy’s father, a construction worker, and his mother who is a housewife are constantly by their son’s side. He noted that the family is of modest means and have no choice but to reach to the public to raise funds since the Ministry of Health will only cover part of hospital’s fees.

“The Ministry of Health is giving $1.5 million and we have to somehow raise the remainder. We are looking to set up an account or GoFundMe to help with the cost,” Mr. Moses stated.

According to the health documents seen by this newspaper, the patient was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with a working diagnosis of a ruptured saccular aneurysm at the terminal bifurcation of the left internal carotid artery (ICA).

The medical record noted that the 12-year-old initially presented to Enmore Hospital after experiencing four episodes of first-time generalised tonic-clonic seizures.

He was subsequently referred to the GPHC for further management and admitted under the Pediatric High Dependency Unit, with subsequent transfer to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) following endotracheal intubation. The patient remains in critical condition and is under close clinical monitoring.

The document explained that “An MRI of the brain with brain and neck angiography and venography, performed on January 21, 2026, demonstrated a ruptured saccular aneurysm at the terminal bifurcation of the left internal carotid artery.”

It continued, “There was a large irregular hemorrhagic infarct involving the left frontal lobe and left ganglio-capsular region, with significant intra ventricular extension of hemorrhage into the lateral ventricles, the third ventricle, and the fourth ventricle. In addition, a large non-hemorrhagic acute infract was noted involving the left temporo-occipital lobes, corresponding to the left posterior cerebral artery (PCA) territory.”

Further, the information noted that “multiple small acute infarcts were also identified in the right medial temporal lobe, right hippocampus, bilateral caudate nuclei, left thalamus, posterior limb of the left internal capsule, and paramedian rcgions of the left fronto-parietal lobes. These findings were associated with part effacement of the left lateral ventricle and a rightward midline shift. An incidental arachnoid cyst was noted in the left anterior temporal region.”

The document said that patient’s case was reviewed by Dr. Amarnauth Dukhi, Chief Neurosurgeon who recommended Endovascular Coiling as the definitive treatment of choice. However, the endovascular surgery is currently unavailable at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

Persons desirous of assisting Delroy Moses can contact his relatives on mobile numbers: 697-6151 or 667-9600.

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