By Joseph Allen
Little Learning Day Care at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, where a seven-month-old girl became ill and later died has been operating for many years without a licence from the Child Care and Protection Agency and as such has been closed down.
This is according to Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud.
“Well, I will tell you right away that the place is closed down, effectively from our end. A child has died there, we can’t have a place like that open. We were informed that the place has been in existence for 27 years but I will venture to say that the place was never licensed by the Child Care and Protection Agency”, Minister Persaud told the Sunday Stabroek.
Seven-month-old Oriya Gravesande, who died on Tuesday after being in the care of the daycare centre, succumbed due to haemorrhage and suffocation by compression of the neck, an autopsy found. An investigation has been launched by the police.