Hospital rejects reports beaten teen on one-month waiting list for MRI
Published:Tuesday | November 17, 2020 | 7:12 PM
The University Hospital of the West Indies has rejected reports that the 17-year-old girl who was beaten by a group of women at a party has been placed on a one-month waiting list for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination.
According to the hospital, Kaylan Dowdie is in an unstable condition and cannot be off high ventilatory support for as long as 30 minutes which would be required for the imaging examination.
IN PHOTO: Kaylan Dowdie, 17
“In the interest of the safety of the patient, this investigation has been deferred until the patient is stable enough to tolerate this procedure,” said a hospital spokesperson in a statement Tuesday.
Dowdie has already had two CT scans.
The police have arrested several women in connection with the attack.
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They are expected to be questioned.
Dowdie, a past student of Papine High School, was at an illegal party on November 7 along Barbican Road when she was attacked by the women, reportedly because one did not like the way the teen looked at her.
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