Schoolboy loses sight in damaged eye

Christopher Boucher (seated, centre) with the members of the Champions of Change team. From left standing are: Leshawna Hinds, Samuel Whaul, Niki Codrington, Hadassah Caesar and Melissa Nurse. Flanking Boucher are his mother Marian Matthais (left) and Sabrina Craig, CEO of the organization.

Christopher Boucher, the 13-year-old who sustained injuries to his left eye last October after being pelted with a brick, received the unfortunate news last week that he will never regain sight in the damaged eye.

This was relayed by Sabrina Craig, CEO of the Champions of Change Organisation, which has been managing Boucher’s case.

Craig informed that this revelation was made by Surinamese doctors of the hospital, Acdemisch Ziekenhuis Paramaribo during a visit last week, as they explained that Boucher had lost too much fluid from the eye for anything to be done.