4-year-old critical after consuming poisonous substance

A four-year-old girl is said to be in critical condition after she reportedly consumed a poisonous substance.
The incident occurred at the child’s Number 50 Village, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) home on Sunday.
Reports are that the toddler’s mother kept a one-litre bottle containing a pesticide which she used to spray the yard but a quantity of the poisonous substance had remained. Out of precaution, she reportedly secured the bottle in a goat pen at the back of their home.
However, Guyana Times understands that the four-year-old was playing in the yard on Sunday when she reportedly found the bottle and ingested the poison.
When the 23-year-old mother realised what had happened, she rushed the child to the Port Mourant Hospital. The child was later transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital.
Police said her condition is listed as “critical” and that investigations are ongoing.