Family air dashes baby out of Mazaruni village over gastro outbreak fears

Fearing an outbreak of gastroenteritis following the death of two babies, a couple, whose seven-month-old contracted vomiting and diarrhoea, wasted no time in air-dashing her out of Wax Creek, Upper Mazaruni in Region Seven.

The baby’s father, Don Jacobs, 32, told Stabroek News that he had to pay a high cost a few days ago to get her out of the area, which lacks proper health care services.

The baby is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where her