Mahaicony accident boy opens eyes one month later

Mayor Hamilton Green during a visit to Sameer Samshuddin in the Paediatric Ward at the GPH. The boy’s father, Mohammed Samshuddin, looks on.

After more than one month at the Georgetown Public Hospital, the parents of 10-year-old Sameer Samshuddin are now more than hopeful that their son will recover fully as he has opened his eyes for the first time after weeks of unconsciousness.

The Strathaven Primary School student sustained trauma to the head and chest when the vehicle he was travelling in slammed into a lantern post at the Airy Hall, Mahaicony turn on the morning of October 2,