An investigation into the passing of 15-year-old Shemar Miggins at the West Demerara Regional Hospital on Saturday is still ongoing.? At least this is according to Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Shamdeo Persaud,Wholesale Jerseys From China, whose gazetted authority requires that he lead the probe.Dr. Persaud said yesterday that he is still not in possession of the coroner’s report, which will detail the cause of death of the teenager, who reportedly succumbed after being administered oral medication intravenously.He disclosed that in order to complete a thorough investigation, a request has been made for additional sampling and testing to be done on Miggins’s remains.This newspaper was informed that the lad’s death resulted from asphyxiation which was caused by food in his lungs. He had reportedly eaten lunch shortly before receiving the medication which according to reports was intended to relieve symptoms of burn stomach.He is expected to be laid to rest today.At a press conference on Monday, Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran said that the nurse under scrutiny indicated that she had given Miggins the medication in a syringe, and that he had in fact administered it himself intravenously. This explanation, the Minister described as “very strange”, even as he disclosed that an investigation into the incident started almost instantaneously.According to him, it is “extremely disappointing” that something of this nature occurred at a facility which has been the recipient of significant investments over the past two years.However,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, he noted that even as investigations continue into the dilemma, moves will be made to look at other aspects of the function of the hospital so that “out of this crisis we can get an opportunity for change and improvement.”A nursing assistant who was attending to the patient at the time has since been sent on administrative leave pending the result of the investigation,China NFL Jerseys, which once completed, will have to gain the attention of the Guyana Nursing Council, which is tasked with regulating the country’s nurses.According to Dr. Persaud,Cheap Jerseys From China, the nursing assistant is a registered professional who is supervised by a nurse. At the time of the incident,Cheap NFL Jerseys, he said, a nurse was reportedly supervising the ward.“We are still trying to put the pieces together and I expect that by this weekend we will be able to provide more information to the media,Cheap Jerseys Supply,” the Chief Medical Officer said yesterday.In addition to gaining the attention of the Nursing Council, the case is expected to be brought to the attention of the entire nursing fraternity, Dr. Persaud explained, with a view to identifying where procedures, if at all, were not followed.He said that earlier this week, a review of all documents pertaining to the patient reflected that the medical management aspect was undertaken in the correct way, as were the prescriptions which were all written up in a timely manner.He noted that there are indications that there might have been a breach in the protocol for administering medicines “so that is where the investigation will be focused.”