Society urged not to judge murdered nurse Sadna Gangoo

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Yvonne Webb

2 hours ago

THREE pastors and the aunt of murdered beauty queen Sadna Ramsaroop Gangoo have appealed to the public not to judge her.

A moving appeal was made at Gangoo’s funeral at her home in Fairfield, Princes Town, on June 30.

“Let he who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone,” challenged Bishop Mark Mangray, one of the officiating pastors of the Church of Latter-day Saints, of which Gangoo was a member.

“In this room, how many of us can stand and say we are sinless, we are without sin? I can’t.
“Only one man can do this and that man is Jesus Christ.”

He and his colleagues, Magnish Ramoutar and Joseph Warner, said that despite her imperfections, Gangoo was an overall good person who spent her life in the service of others.

Ramoutar could barely contain his emotions as he delivered part of the sermon.

“If you see me break down and start crying, please be understanding.
“Sadna was a wonderful person. I know that when Sadna was working at the Covid hospital in Debe, she was risking her life to save other people’s lives. She always served, helping the sick and the poor.

“I always say today that money cannot pay doctors and nurses for their services. She did it with joy.”

He said: “There is no perfect person in this world. Our good deeds must always outweigh our bad deeds. We all make mistakes and we can repent and come to Christ.”

Warner also recalled his interaction with Gangoo as a nurse.

If she saw an opportunity to help someone and she could do it, she took it.

“None of us are perfect. We all have imperfections. Sadna had imperfections… but she was a very good person.”

Mangray said that Gangoo felt it was her duty to take care of his wife ten years ago.

“She showed my wife Christ-like care.”

On June 26, Gangoo was shot in the head outside the Princes Town District Health Facility where she worked. Police are investigating theories linking viral videos to her death.

In her funeral oration, Gangoo’s aunt, Cintra Ramjattan, cried as she reflected on the circumstances that led to her niece’s death.

“We are not God. We don’t judge. Nobody in this world is perfect. Everyone is doing wrong, everyone is doing right, so none of us here should point fingers at anyone,” Ramjattan stressed.

She appealed for support for Gangoo’s mother, Sandra Samaroo, her son Stephen Samaroo, his wife Zara and her grandchildren Sebastian and Zidan Samaroo.

“Could any of us understand this mother’s pain?

“Everyone needs your support right now. They don’t need negative thoughts or negative words.”

“The Sadna I know is a truly wonderful person. She is a nurse, a carer (who) always has a kind word to say.

“When you’re in trouble, Sadna is there for you. When you need medications, Sadna will provide them for you. When you come to her house, she opens her door and her heart to you.”

She told mourners about the struggles of Gangoo, who came from a poor family but made sacrifices to get an education and become a nurse.

Gangoo’s friend Moses Charles expressed regret that the conversation they were supposed to continue this week never took place.

“Sadna was the light of the world. She was an inspiration. She was always kind to her employees, her colleagues, her patients. She was a total blessing.”

Gangoo was cremated at the Shore of Peace in La Romaine.

Mourners include Dr Brian Armour, chief executive of the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA), and many of her colleagues in uniform.

The investigation into her death is still ongoing.