IT was an emotional moment on Tuesday evening for relatives of 17-year-old Alecia King as she was flown to the United States for surgery, after she was doused with gas and set ablaze last Thursday.
THE fire which threatened to claim the life of 14-year-old Black River High School student Ackalia Dunkley has sparked renewed calls for Jamaica to have its own unit to treat severe burns; however.
After undergoing more than two dozen surgeries in the U.S., a 13-year-old burn victim is now beginning her road to recovery in South Florida to return back home to Jamaica.
GEORGIA, United States Adrianna Laing, the 13-year-old survivor of Sunday's house fire that left her three younger brothers dead, was successful in the first surgery she underwent in the US, accordi.
KINGSTON, Jamaica Project manager of Sanmerna Foundation, Stephen Josephs, the local organisation that played a vital role in the airlifting of Adrianna Laing to the US, said the teen will receive i.