Daycare baby died from haemorrhage, suffocation – autopsy

Oriyaa Gravesande

By Joseph Allen

Seven-month-old Oriya Gravesande, who died on Tuesday after being in the care of Little Learnings Day Care at Ogle, succumbed due to haemorrhage and suffocation by compression of the neck, an autopsy found.

The toddler from Success, East Coast Demerara was rushed to the Ogle Health Center on Tuesday after experiencing shortness of breath and becoming unconscious just after midday on Tuesday.

After being rushed to the health centre, an ambulance was called to transport the toddler to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) due to her serious condition.

The ambulance took Oriya to the GPHC and she was  pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.