An In­de­pen­dent Com­mit­tee has be­gun in­ves­ti­gat­ing the cir­cum­stances sur­round­ing the death of six-year-old Yash­er Fran­cois, as rel­a­tives con­firmed the sec­ond au­top­sy has been resched­uled for Sun­day.

The pro­ce­dure, which was ex­pect­ed to be done on Sat­ur­day at Guides Fu­ner­al Home in San Fer­nan­do, was post­poned be­cause the fa­cil­i­ty had been ful­ly booked.

Yash­er’s fa­ther, Aaron Fran­cois, said Health Min­is­ter Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe had spo­ken to him at length, promis­ing a full, ur­gent and fair in­ves­ti­ga­tion, as well as oth­er sup­port. He not­ed the Com­mit­tee set up by Dr Bo­doe did not in­clude per­son­nel from the San Fer­nan­do Teach­ing Hos­pi­tal or the South­west Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty.