On November 19, Miss Jamaica Dr. Gabrielle Henry fell off the stage in the course of the Miss Universe competitors and was rushed to the hospital.
Henry ended up within the ICU due to her accidents and was sadly unable to return to the competitors. Henry has remained within the hospital underneath ongoing medical care ever because the incident.
Now, the Miss Universe Group (MUO) has launched a brand new replace on her situation.
Within the joint assertion from the MUO and the Henry household, it has been revealed that Henry’s fall resulted in “an intracranial hemorrhage with lack of consciousness, a fracture, facial lacerations and different important accidents.”
“She was instantly admitted to intensive care in Bangkok, the place she remained in crucial situation underneath fixed neurological monitoring, and continues to require 24-hour specialist supervision,” the assertion continued. “She is going to return to Jamaica within the coming days accompanied by a full medical escort group and shall be transferred on to hospital for continued remedy and restoration.”
They then revealed that the MUO has been masking all of Henry’s medical bills in addition to her household’s lodging to remain close by the hospital in Bangkok to stay up to date on her situation and converse with the docs there.
Miss Universe co-owner Raúl Rocha additionally shared a duplicate of the press launch on Instagram.
Within the caption, Rocha wrote, “Thank God our Miss Universe Jamaica is getting ready to return dwelling. To all those that have been involved about her well being, thanks a lot for supporting us together with your prayer chains. From our silence, we prayed for the well being and speedy restoration of Dr. Gabrielle.”
The incident has additionally stirred up controversy within the media in regards to the MUO’s dealing with of the state of affairs.
In a November 28 PEOPLE unique, Miss Haiti Melissa Sapini made claims {that a} workers member for the pageant blamed Henry for the incident when chatting with the remainder of the contestants.
“The very first thing he stated was it’s as a result of she wasn’t paying consideration,” Sapini stated within the interview. “After he stated that, then he was like, ‘After all, security is our primary precedence,’ this, that. However it’s like, ‘Are you severe?’ That was actually scary.”
In the identical article, a consultant from the host pageant group, Miss Grand Worldwide (MGI), instructed PEOPLE in an announcement, that “the incident occurred primarily as a result of she missed her blocking and will not have been wanting on the runway whereas strolling. Nevertheless, nobody from MGI blamed her.”
The MUO additionally pushed again on the notion that they thought Henry was in any manner accountable for the tragic accident of their December 8 press launch.
“Sure media stories suggesting that Dr. Henry contributed in any technique to the incident are fully inaccurate,” the discharge said. “The Miss Universe Group has by no means attributed blame to Dr Henry and confirms that these options are unfounded and don’t mirror the details.”
The assertion then ended by thanking everybody for his or her variety phrases and needs for a speedy restoration, saying, “Dr. Henry and her household lengthen their heartfelt because of the folks of Jamaica, the Miss Universe neighborhood, and supporters worldwide for the overwhelming outpouring of affection, prayers, and encouragement.”
