ALTHOUGH he is gone, relatives intend to continue the dream of businessman, philanthropist and social activist Inshan Ishmael by opening a hospital at Barakah Grounds, Chaguanas.

Ishmael died at around 10.30 am on August 29, surrounded by family, after battling urothelial carcinoma for the last 18 months. His funeral was held hours later at Barakah Grounds in Endeavour, where hundreds of members from the Muslim community, business people and politicians alike gathered to pay their last respects.

Ishmael's brother, Bobby, told Newsday while he spent the last few weeks of his life in pain, the family rallied around him. Now that he's gone, he said the family wants to continue to build his legacy.