Shontel Callendar, who was severely burnt in the September 22 La Parfait Harmonie fire, succumbed to her injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s (GPH) Intensive Care Unit on Tuesday.
Callendar had been hospitalized since the night of the incident and underwent two of three scheduled corrective surgeries. At the time of her death, she was listed as being in critical condition and had been transferred from the Burn Care Unit to the ICU.
According to Callendar’s mother, Amanda Daniels, the teenager was transferred to the ICU on Monday, after doctors examined her and discovered that her blood count was low. Daniels said that the blood count issue was discovered in preparation for a surgery to correct damage to Callendar’s back. The distraught mother further stated that
