A 13-year-old indigenous youth of Aruca, North West District, Region One died after consuming a beverage and his family is hospitalised at the Mabaruma Regional Hospital.
The deceased youth has been identified as Rondel Henry, a student of Aruca Mouth Primary School. Those hospitalised are his parents Ronald David, 35, Donnette Henry, 34, and siblings Kevin Henry, 11, Celina Henry, 7, and 4-year-old Kelvin Henry.
Enquiries revealed that on Sunday at about 4pm, Rondel and his family started suffering from bouts of diarrhoea and vomiting after allegedly consuming a locally made product.
On Monday afternoon, Rondel was found motionless at his home and rushed to the Mabaruma Regional Hospital. He was pronounced dead on arrival.
The other family members were immediately taken to Mabaruma Regional Hospital where they were all admitted in a critical condition, police said.
Following the report, a team of environmental officers and police ranks visited the scene where checks were made on and around the premises but no containers or anything relating to the beverage was found.
Ranks are working along with the health officials and investigations are in progress.
