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Carpenter dies after Vreed-en-Hoop accident
A 48-year-old carpenter who had his leg amputated after being struck by a car last Saturday has succumbed to his injuries.
Relatives said that Devanand Nauth, of Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, died at the Georgetown Hospital at around 05:00 hrs yesterday. However, they only learned of his demise at around 13:00 hrs when his mother went to visit him at the hospital.
A family member expressed shock at the carpenter’s death since his condition had not appeared to be life-threatening and doctors had transferred him from the High Dependency Ward to the Accident Ward.
The Amputee: Devanand Nauth at GPHC .
According to reports, Nauth was cycling out of Kidram Street, Vreed-en-Hoop at around 18:30 hrs last Saturday when he was struck by a car.
The driver reportedly took Nauth to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he was admitted with injuries to his back and legs. But a relative also alleged that the driver who struck her brother gave the police a false cellular number.
“When we went to Best Hospital I saw his head bandaged and his two ankles bandaged, so I asked the nurse how serious it was, and she said he got a gash on his head and ankles and there was no real laceration,” a sister of the victim said.
The sister said Nauth told her he had no feeling in his body, and a nurse related that this was because the carpenter had alcohol in his system.
According to the woman, the West Demerara staff discharged her brother without him having an X-ray. He was told to visit the hospital daily for an injection and to have the left leg dressed.
But last Tuesday, relatives reportedly became alarmed after the leg began to smell. They took Nauth back to the West Demerara Hospital where a doctor examined the leg and ordered that the patient be admitted to the GPHC.
The leg was then amputated.
Relatives also said that another X-Ray revealed that Nauth’s spinal cord was damaged.
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