Parents appeal for help for Amit

As his small fragile body lies on the hospital bed 10-year-old Amit Moon battles bravely for his life. He is the victim of an accident which last Sunday left him in a critical  condition. With  the large sum of money required to take care of their son, his parents are now pleading for help. Speaking to Newsday yesterday,  the father Ugesh Moon, 30, and mother Julia Kamla Manasar,40, related their heartaching  experience. Yesterday Moon  was again told by the doctor that $2,000 would be required to perform a Computerised Axial Tomography  (CAT)Scan. The San Fernando General Hospital lacks the equipment to cary out such a scan. Moon’s part time vending job and the monthly $940 public assistance is hardly enough to cover the cost. Both parents have been at their  son’s side since he was admitted to hospital.

Thursday was the first  time they left his side to go to their Rio Claro home, only to return shortly afterwards. Yesterday the father said his son lifted himself slightly from the bed and then slumped back. He can neither eat nor speak. Though he has suffered no broken bones the young boy is said to have suffered internal swelling. His face is swollen and his head heavily bandaged. He also pleaded for assistance for other accident victims, his brother Dillon Moon, 11, and little two-year-old Khareshma Adhar who are out of hospital but  in a lot of pain and in need of doctor’s attention. The parents continue to hope and pray for help for a miracle, that would restore their little Amit to the way he used to be.