Five-year-old Kav­ish Jaimun­gal, who was in­jured on Sun­day when an iron gate fell on him and his cousin at the home of their grand­par­ents in San­gre Chiq­ui­to, re­mains ward­ed at the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex in a sta­ble con­di­tion. His cousin Krys­tal Laloon, al­so five years old, died in the in­ci­dent.

His grand­moth­er Roopatee Jaimun­gal told Guardian Me­dia that her grand­son is still in pain, nurs­ing in­juries to his face and lac­er­a­tion to the back of his head. But he is im­prov­ing slow­ly, she said.

Jaimun­gal said Kav­ish’s par­ents are re­quired to pur­chase med­ica­tion for him. She claimed noth­ing was pre­scribed for him by doc­tors at the hos­pi­tal.

She is pray­ing that her grand­son re­cov­ers quick­ly to re­turn home with her.

Dr Rai Ragbir, Member of Parliament Cumuto/ Manzanilla, speaks with Gangadaye Laloon, grandmother of Krystal Laloon, at her Sangre Chiquito home yesterday.

RALPH BANWARIE

Mean­while, Mem­ber for Cu­mu­to/Man­zanil­la Dr Rai Rag­bir, a med­ical doc­tor, vis­it­ed the fam­i­ly at their San­gre Chiq­ui­to home yes­ter­day evening and ex­tend­ed con­do­lences to the be­reaved fam­i­ly on the death of Krys­tal. He said it was an un­for­tu­nate sit­u­a­tion.

He has promised to sup­port the fam­i­ly in what­ev­er way he can.

When Guardian Me­dia ar­rived at the house where the in­ci­dent took place, tents were be­ing put up in prepa­ra­tion for wake.

A welder was re­pair­ing the iron gate which fell on the chil­dren.

Neigh­bours and friends vis­it­ed the be­reaved fam­i­ly to ex­tend con­do­lences on the death of Krys­tal who suc­cumbed to her in­juries at San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal on Mon­day.

Her grand­moth­er Gan­ga­daye Laloon said the fam­i­ly has not re­ceived any word re­gard­ing the au­top­sy of her grand­daugh­ter.

—Re­port­ing by Ralph Ban­warie