The last of the 16 children who were taken to hospital on Friday following bouts of diarrhoea and vomiting was to have been discharged from hospital yesterday after being kept for observation and the completion of medical tests, as it was revealed that contaminated icicles might have caused their illness.
On Friday 16 children from the Sophia Care Centre were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital complaining of stomach cramps and with vomitting and diarrhoea.
Ann Greene, Head of Child Care and Protection Agency, told Stabroek News
