Eight-year-old Jacara Trotman, who had developed a brain tumour and was in need of urgent surgery, succumbed on Thursday at her Coverden, East Bank of Demerara (EBD) home. The child was a Grade Four pupil of St Mary’s Primary School.
Dead: Jacara Trotman
Following her passing, the girl’s mother, Alicia Loncke, noted that the family had solicited the public’s assistance to send her overseas to undergo a surgery.
Her mother had stated that the child lost sight in both of her eyes and as such, had to conduct a Gamma Knife surgery overseas, which would have cost at least $50 million in the United States.
She had also stated that the said surgery would have cost $14.5 million in Columbia minus the cost for therapy.
It was reported that after the child’s mother noticed a change in her handwriting, she sought medical advice and was further referred to an eye specialist at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan was done but nothing was detected in her eyes. She was subsequently referred to a brain surgeon who informed her that the child had a brain tumour that was affecting her eyesight.
She had indicated that Guyana did not have the necessary equipment for the surgery, hence the need to travel overseas.
