Child critical after mistakenly consuming gramoxone

A four-year-old child is now in critical condition at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after she mistakenly consumed gramoxone which was in her parents’ yard on Sunday afternoon.

According to information gathered, Tinesha Shamshundar, 4, of Lot 1 Number 50 Village, was playing in their yard at the time of the incident.

A report from the police explained, that the child’s mother, 23, relayed that on Thursday last she collected a one-litre Pepsi bottle containing Gramoxone from her mother-in-law at Number 70 Village, Corentyne to spray her yard.