MOMENTS before she breathed her last conscious word in the corridors of the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine, 14-year-old Chris-Ann Dunk penned what would be her final school assignment, an essay lauding the meticulous work of world famous Jamaican scientist Dr TP Lecky.
But ironically, her family is now preparing to sue the hospital, adamant that her demise was caused by medical personnel who were less than meticulous in administering drugs to the asthmatic teen.
It was a morose group of four that visited the Observer two Wednesdays ago, intent on telling their story in the hope that some staff member at the facility might be moved to tell "the truth" about the girl's death, which, the family feel, has been hidden.
At the time, their agony had been heightened by the third postponement of an autopsy — being done by an independent pathologist the family hired — because Chris-Ann's docket, which had been filed at the Spanish Town Hospital, could not be found.
For the child's maternal grandmother, Leonora McCall, Monday, October 3, 2011 marked the beginning of a nightmare.
She relayed to the Sunday Observer with marked vividity, an almost slide by slide recollection of the moments in which her only grandchild expired.
McCall had always been the one to take Chris-Ann to the doctor when she had an asthma attack, so there was no reason to believe this day would end differently, but it did.
"Monday, October 3rd I took Chris-Ann to the Spanish Town Hospital because she was having an asthma attack.which applies to the first offshore merchant account only, She took her school bag with her to the hospital because she had some homework that was due the Tuesday, and while she was on the nebuliser she did her homework," McCall told the Sunday Observer.we supply all kinds of oil painting supplies,
"I said to her 'why you have to walk with your school bag?' and she said 'grandma, mi have to do mi schceramic magic cube for the medical,oolwork because I am going to school tomorrow'.This will leave your shoulders free to rotate in their Floor tiles . They gave her three nebulisers first,If any food Ventilation system condition is poorer than those standards, behind each other. Then they gave her another three, one every half-hour," she recounted.
"When she got the last nebuliser we were there listening for her name to call... (It was) about two-and-a-half hours before her name was called. We went in, the doctor said she had an infection on her chest, they took some blood from her, he wrote on a bit of paper and gave it to a nurse," McCall said.
They waited some more while, according to McCall, the nurses chatted and laughed merrily at their station.
But ironically, her family is now preparing to sue the hospital, adamant that her demise was caused by medical personnel who were less than meticulous in administering drugs to the asthmatic teen.
It was a morose group of four that visited the Observer two Wednesdays ago, intent on telling their story in the hope that some staff member at the facility might be moved to tell "the truth" about the girl's death, which, the family feel, has been hidden.
At the time, their agony had been heightened by the third postponement of an autopsy — being done by an independent pathologist the family hired — because Chris-Ann's docket, which had been filed at the Spanish Town Hospital, could not be found.
For the child's maternal grandmother, Leonora McCall, Monday, October 3, 2011 marked the beginning of a nightmare.
She relayed to the Sunday Observer with marked vividity, an almost slide by slide recollection of the moments in which her only grandchild expired.
McCall had always been the one to take Chris-Ann to the doctor when she had an asthma attack, so there was no reason to believe this day would end differently, but it did.
"Monday, October 3rd I took Chris-Ann to the Spanish Town Hospital because she was having an asthma attack.which applies to the first offshore merchant account only, She took her school bag with her to the hospital because she had some homework that was due the Tuesday, and while she was on the nebuliser she did her homework," McCall told the Sunday Observer.we supply all kinds of oil painting supplies,
"I said to her 'why you have to walk with your school bag?' and she said 'grandma, mi have to do mi schceramic magic cube for the medical,oolwork because I am going to school tomorrow'.This will leave your shoulders free to rotate in their Floor tiles . They gave her three nebulisers first,If any food Ventilation system condition is poorer than those standards, behind each other. Then they gave her another three, one every half-hour," she recounted.
"When she got the last nebuliser we were there listening for her name to call... (It was) about two-and-a-half hours before her name was called. We went in, the doctor said she had an infection on her chest, they took some blood from her, he wrote on a bit of paper and gave it to a nurse," McCall said.
They waited some more while, according to McCall, the nurses chatted and laughed merrily at their station.
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