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Successful surgery conducted on 12-yr-old Victoria boy
(Kaieteur News) – Twelve-year-old, Delroy Moses on Wednesday completed a successful aneurysm surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), a source close to the family confirmed.
Reports are that the child who hails from Victoria, East Coast Demerara (ECD) is recovering at the Pediatric Ward of the GPHC.
Delroy Moses
Moses was diagnosed a ruptured saccular aneurysm, a critical life-threatening medical emergency characterised by sudden headaches, spontaneous hemorrhages and in some cases seizures. He needed urgent operation that was reportedly not readily available via the public healthcare system. The family had therefore sought public assistance to raise G$9 million for the surgery to be conducted at the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.
The family was initially told that GPHC did not have the capacity to perform the surgery and as such, it would have to be done privately.
The 12-year-old initially presented to Enmore Hospital after experiencing four episodes of first-time generalised tonic-clonic seizures, according to medical records seen by Kaieteur News.
The medical records noted that the patient was later 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).
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 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 regions of the left frontal-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 was reportedly not available at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
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GPHC reportedly could not perform the needed surgery. What happened ?
Who changed their minds ? Was the money the problem in the initial stage ?
Such a hassle for the poor at the country’s Public Hospital. Ministry of Health
is responsible to treat everyone for FREE at any GOVERNMENT MEDICAL
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