Yvonne Webb

Chair­man of the South West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA), Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe, says he is heart­ened and pleased by Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar's de­ci­sion to have her grand­son Kris­tiano, five, treat­ed at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal for sus­pect­ed dengue. "The fact that she chose to bring her grand­son to San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, re­flects the con­fi­dence she has placed in the fa­cil­i­ty and the con­fi­dence she has in the doc­tors and nurs­es to ad­min­is­ter prop­er care to him," Bo­doe said yes­ter­day.

He said doc­tors con­tin­ued to treat new dengue cas­es dai­ly at the hos­pi­tal. Bo­doe said Kris­tiano un­der­went fur­ther blood tests yes­ter­day and was still be­ing treat­ed for sus­pect­ed dengue. "His con­di­tion re­mains sta­ble. From what I have been told, he will be kept for an­oth­er 24 hours for treat­ment and ob­ser­va­tion," he added. SWRHA's act­ing chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer, Anil Go­sine, con­firmed the boy's platelets were over 100, "mean­ing he is okay. He looks much bet­ter than he did yes­ter­day."Kris­tiano was ad­mit­ted to the pae­di­atric ward of the hos­pi­tal by his par­ents, Kris and Avianne, on Sun­day af­ter he fell ill at Per­sad-Bisses­sar's pri­vate res­i­dence at Phillip­ine, South Trinidad.

His grand­moth­er spent part of Sun­day af­ter­noon and night at his bed­side in the heav­i­ly-se­cured ward.

The Prime Min­is­ter al­so was in­fect­ed by the virus about five weeks ago. Sev­en-year-old Sarah Ovid, who lived at Block Five, Palmiste, close to the PM's home, died from dengue two weeks ago. Ovid's younger sis­ter al­so was treat­ed and dis­charged.