The family of five-year-old Jai-Devi Gurdyal is seeking answers regarding their daughter’s tragic passing and they have expressed dissatisfaction with the Post-Mortem Examination (PME) results which listed the girl’s cause of death as asthma.
Stabroek News yesterday spoke with Jai-Devi’s mother, Umawattie Gonace, who expressed disbelief at the reported cause of death.
According to Gonace, no relatives were allowed to witness the PME and the examining doctor said that this was due to the matter being under police investigation. According to Gonace, the family was told that only the police and examining doctor were allowed to be present. The mother explained that the family sought a second private post-mortem, but this was denied. Gonace said the family was informed that due to the police involvement a second autopsy was not possible. Their request to retrieve their daughter’s body was also denied.