Relatives of Shemar Miggins yesterday told Stabroek News that they were baffled when the West Demerara Regional Hospital refused to release the boy’s organs for a second autopsy procedure.
Miggins’ uncle, Clyde Anderson said he had become concerned and suspicious when the family asked for Shemar’s organs to be removed so they could have a second post-mortem examination done, but was told by the hospital that the police had to grant permission. He said when they approached the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station they were told by an officer that it was the duty of the hospital to discharge the order for removal of body organs. Subsequently, Miggins was buried on January 19 without the second autopsy being performed.
Anderson said the family was still waiting on the results of an investigation launched by the Ministry of Health following the boy’s unexpected collapse and death at the hospital on January 12. Stabroek News tried to contact Chief Medical Officer Shamdeo Persaud but was told that