Essequibo girl showing signs of recovery following accident

Rehana Basdeo

Nearly two weeks  after 12-year-old Rehana Basdeo was hospitalized after being struck down by a speeding car on the Essequibo coast road while riding her bicycle she is recovering but suffering from memory loss.

Rehana, a student of Abram Zuil Secondary School, is currently hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) Intensive Care Unit.

Stabroek News recently spoke with Rehana’s father, Ramesh Basdeo, for an update on her condition and was told that Rehana was improving, and that she was responding to her treatment but was experiencing memory gaps.