The mother of Nicholas Cox, the 16-month old child who was hospitalised after he was allegedly given an overdose of medication at the Georgetown Hospital, believes that her son has suffered brain damage and that his doctors are keeping her in the dark about his condition.
Debra Archer told Stabroek News that her son cannot move or speak and is still defecating blood, although he has been hospitalised at the institution over the last four weeks. And Archer’s fears about his condition have grown following a recent examination that prompted a doctor to tell her that she would not have the same child she brought in to the hospital.
The doctor did not explain why but his comment has led the mother to believe that she is not being told the truth about the condition of her son, who is now a patient of the hospital’s Paediatric Ward. He was previously kept in the Intensive Care Unit. Archer has been calling for an investigation of her son’s treatment since his admission on May 30. She has alleged that her son was given an overdose of gravol when she took him to the
