Neil Miggins, the 13-year-old Patentia Secondary School student who had a pair of scissors stuck in his head by another student, has been released from hospital after recovering from surgery.
According to the boy’s mother, Barbara Miggins, Neil was discharged at 3 pm yesterday after a period of close monitoring by doctors.
The woman told Stabroek News that she was advised against sending him back to the school.
“Well, I was advised by the doctor not to send him back to Patientia Secondary; either private or home school,” she said.
Her son, a first form student, was rushed to a hospital after a 17-year-old fifth form student threw the scissors at him and it stuck in his head. Miggins had brushed the older student while passing him.
Doctors successfully removed the contaminated pair of scissors during a two-ho
Meanwhile, a police source told this newspaper that Neil Miggins’ attacker was released from police custody on $20,000 station bail.
