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Fol­low­ing re­ports sur­round­ing the cir­cum­stances of the death of 6-year-old Jash­er Fran­cois at the San Fer­nan­do Teach­ing Hos­pi­tal, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad Bisses­sar SC has in­struct­ed that a full and ur­gent in­ves­ti­ga­tion be con­duct­ed in­to the mat­ter.

A state­ment by the Min­istry of Health says that Min­is­ter Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe, has tak­en im­me­di­ate steps to ini­ti­ate the in­ves­ti­ga­tion, to en­sure that all rel­e­vant facts are gath­ered swift­ly and trans­par­ent­ly.

“The Prime Min­is­ter and Min­is­ter of Health ex­tend deep­est con­do­lences to the Fran­cois fam­i­ly on the pass­ing of six-year-old Jash­er Fran­cois and recog­nise the pro­found pain of los­ing a child and ex­tend sin­cere wish­es for com­fort and re­silience dur­ing this time of grief,” the state­ment said.