His face is swollen and his eyes could not open. This 16-year-old teenager, living in the area of Canal Dayot, Grande Rivière Nord-Ouest (GRNO) was admitted to the Dr. A.G. Jeetoo Hospital, Port-Louis after receiving a bee sting while in his yard. The 43-year-old mother of this grade 11 student is of the opinion that this bee came from a hive in a state owned property. At that very moment, he was collecting the honey.
It is to the police station of Central Barracks that this forty-year-old went during the day of Tuesday, November 23 to report this incident. It was around 16 hours on Monday, November 22, when her son who was in his yard received a bee sting. Immediately his face swelled up and he could not open his eyes.
She immediately took him to the Dr. Bouloux Health Center in Les Salines for treatment. Together with her son, she then went to an office of the Ministry of Health to report the incident. At the same time, her son began to have difficulty breathing. Her nephew immediately took him to Dr. Jeetoo Hospital on the way in front of the government hotel honking his horn to move on. A police motorcyclist who understood this message of distress escorted him to the hospital. This mother wanted to thank these unknown police officer who without his help and his sense of duty to assist a person in danger, her son could have lost his life.
Officers of the beekeeping section of the Minister of Agroindustry of Reduced carried out a report in GRNO this Wednesday, November 24. The mother of this teenager is revolted that her son was victim of a bee sting in front of the irresponsibility of this neighbor. Other neighbors living in the vicinity say they have already fled from flying bees.
An investigation was initiated at the level of the police station of Central Barracks on this case.
