Toddler who died at GPH did not have COVID-19

Mikhel Wong-Singh

A COVID-19 test done on one-year-old Mikhel Wong-Singh, who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) almost two weeks ago, has found that he was negative despite exhibiting symptoms of the virus.

The mother of the child, Nolene Williams, received the results of the test on Wednesday when she went to obtain the results of other tests that were done on May 2nd, one day before he passed, Williams maintained that she was not aware that any test for the virus was carried out on her child and added that she was told that they were awaiting the test to be done on the morning he drew his last breath.

Nolene related to this newspaper that she had gone to the lab to uplift the deceased child’s results but was told that they were already sent to the Emergency Room (ER). Across at the ER, she was not allowed in to see a doctor or nurse due to the strict COVID-19 measures and was told unless there was an emergency, there was nothing they could do. Understanding that she could not go in, she asked that someone bring the results to her instead but was told that that could not be done either.