A 72-year-old woman is in a critical condition at hospital after she fell down the stairs at her home while intoxicated.

According to a police report, at 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday a nurse attached to the Accident and Emergency Department of the San Fernando General Hospital telephoned the San Fernando Police Station and reported a patient, Gemma Ramadoo from Phillipine, San Fernando was at the A&E seeking medical attention and unconscious.

WPC Burgess and PC Sankar responded and met her husband, Richard Ramadhoo. He reported that around 6 p.m. he was at home with his wife who was "highly intoxicated".  She began climbing a flight of stairs but stumbled and fell down the stairs.