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Mahaica accident victim makes slow recovery
Doreen Dutchin
…is bedridden and seeking insurance payback
By Latoya Giles
The road of recovery for Doreen Dutchin, 47, another survivor of the deadly Mahaica accident which claimed the lives of six persons on November 21, 2009, has been very slow.
The woman is bedridden, has a surgical tube attached to her throat to feed her and another tube is attached to her abdomen helping to drain fluids from her body.
Dutchin has not fully regained her speech.
Her daughter, Angela Khandai, said that her mother’s survival solely depends on the help that she receives from relatives.
She explained that since the accident the family has been pushed both financially and emotionally.
“It is very costly for the family because she needs 24-hour attention”. The woman said that Dutchin’s youngest child attends school; a daughter lives in another village and another lives close by.
Khandai said that she and her sister both have their families to tend, which makes the situation even more stressful.
Currently, Dutchin’s husband had to take time off from his job, to help look after her. Dutchin and her husband were the main source of income in the home.
Dutchin’s relatives are now pleading for the insurance company with which the minibus was registered, to show some sort of compassion and give her the compensation which she truly deserves.
“My mother’s life would never be the same. The most the insurance company can do is compensate her so her life can be little easier” the woman’s daughter said.
Another survivor of the accident, Clavia Williams, is also bedridden and is pleading with the insurance company to show compassion. Williams sustained injuries to her foot and is incapable of walking.
The woman solely depends on her reputed husband and her eight-year-old daughter to assist her.
She has resorted to sitting and watching television daily and combing her daughter’s hair on weekends.
She said that some days are really good while some are unbearable because of the pain.
“I have a problem with my left leg but the pain moves all around my body and it is so hard; I have to use methylated spirits and pain killers to get relief.”
Williams’s one-year old son, Jonathan Bourne, was also involved in the accident but has made a full recovery. He had suffered from a fractured skull, but doctors had told relatives that as the child grow the fracture would knit. The accident claimed the lives of Joshua Johnson; minibus driver, Gary McAlmont; Troy Douglas; Cynique Fraser and Patrina Munroe, who were both teachers, and 52-year old Mary Blair.
Injured in the accident were Doreen Dutchin, Wayne Holder, Marvin Ramphal, David Budhran, Dhandar Drepaul, Vanetta Usher and Anille Arthur.
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