A Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) release last week announced the successful surgical treatment and discharge of a six-year-old girl who sustained a critical gunshot wound to her head on June 16. The bullet had penetrated the left temporal region and lodged in the right temporal-parietal region of the brain.
The young patient was admitted to GPH on June 16, in critical condition following a tragic incident in which she was shot in the head. Immediate surgical intervention was required, and an initial surgery to stop the bleeding was performed, a crucial step in stabilising the child’s condition. Three days later, on June 19, a second surgery was successfully performed to remove the bullet lodged in her brain.