The remains of Shaniya Persaud, the seven-year-old who was severely burnt in a fire that gutted her Mon Repos North, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home more than a month ago, will be returned to Guyana for a funeral service.
Local representative of the Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) Sita Sugrim told Stabroek News that it is the organisation’s plan to have Persaud’s remains transported back to Guyana once they have been released from the Shriners Hospital in Galveston, Texas, where she was being treated.
Sugrim explained that Persaud’s remains are expected to be transferred to a funeral home in the United States (US) today after which arrangements will be made with a local funeral home, followed by travel preparations.
